Porpoloma
Encyclopedia
Porpoloma is a genus
of fungi in the Tricholomataceae
family. The genus contains about 12 species found predominantly in South America.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Tricholomataceae
Tricholomataceae
The Tricholomataceae are a large family of mushrooms within the Agaricales. A classic "wastebasket taxon", the Tricholomataceae is inclusive of any white-, yellow-, or pink-spored genera in the Agaricales not already classified as belonging to the Amanitaceae, Lepiotaceae, Hygrophoraceae,...
family. The genus contains about 12 species found predominantly in South America.
Species
- Porpoloma amyloideum
- Porpoloma aranzadii
- Porpoloma bambusarum
- Porpoloma elytroides
- Porpoloma metapodium
- Porpoloma pes-caprae
- Porpoloma spinulosum