Trappea

Trappea
Unidentified Trappea species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hysterangiales
Family:	Trappeaceae
Genus:	Trappea Castellano (1990)[1]
Type species
Trappea darkeri (Zeller) Castellano (1990)

Trappea is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Trappeaceae family.[2] Species of Trappea have been found in China, Europe, and North America.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Michael A. Castellano in Mycotaxon vol.38 on page 2 in 1990.

The genus name of Trappea is in honour of James Martin Trappe (born 1931) is an American mycologist and expert in the field of North American truffle species.[4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[5]

• Trappea cinnamomea A-S. Xu & D.Q. Luo (2003)
• Trappea darkeri (Zeller) Castellano (1990)

Former species;[5]

• T. darkeri var. lazzarii Ruini (1991) = Trappea darkeri
• T. phillipsii (Harkn.) Castellano (1990) = Phallogaster phillipsii, Phallogastraceae
• T. pinyonensis States (1991) = Phallogaster pinyonensis, Phallogastraceae

References

1. Castellano MA. (1990). "The new genus Trappea (Basidiomycotina, Hysterangiaceae), a segregate from Hysterangium". Mycotaxon. 38: 1–9.
2. "Trappea Castellano 1990". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 695. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
5. "Trappea - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

External links

• Trappea in MycoBank.