Montagnea [SEP] parent taxon
Montagnea
Montagnea is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution in subtropical dry areas, and contains five species. "Montagnea" was circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1836.
Species.
- "M. arenaria" (DC.) Zeller 1943
- "M. argentina" (Speg.) Singer 1969
- "M. candollei" (Fr.) Fr. 1854
- "M. psamathonophila" (Speg.) Raithelh. 1990
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"A. deserticola" include the desert fungi "Montagnea arenaria" and "Podaxis pistillaris". "Montagnea arenaria" is a whitish stalked puffball with a hollow, woody stalk and a loose sac-like volva at the base of the stem. It is topped by a thin disc-like cap with blackish gill plates suspended around the margin. "Podaxis pistillaris" has a cylindrical to oval white to brownish cap with a paper-thin wall atop a slender stem. When mature, the cap contains powdery, dark