Sedecula

Sedecula

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Coniophoraceae
Genus: Sedecula
Zeller
Species:
S. pulvinata
Binomial name
Sedecula pulvinata
Zeller

Sedecula is a genus of fungi in the order Boletales.[2][3] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Sedecula pulvinata, found in the United States, and first described by American mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1941.[4] In 2024 it was announced that the mushroom had been found in the Czech Republic in the area of South Moravia in 2011.[5]

References

  1. ^ NatureServe. "Sedecula pulvinata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 628. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ "Sedecula Zeller". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  4. ^ Zeller SM. (1941). "Further notes on fungi". Mycologia. 33 (2): 196–214. doi:10.2307/3754932. JSTOR 3754932.
  5. ^ "Rare mushroom, previously thought to only grow in US, discovered in Moravia". 3 July 2024.