Lycoperdon Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 1: 4 (1794)
Notes – The genus Lycoperdon was first established by Persoon in (1796a) who described L. perlatum as the type species. Species are characterized primarily by subglobose to pyriforme basidomata with a conspicuous sterile base and dehiscence by an apical pore. The genus which has been studied extensively by many mycologists (Hollòs 1904; Perdeck 1950; Ahmad 1952; Kreisel 1962; Demoulin 1971) is represented by 52 species worldwide (Kirk et al. 2008; Jeppson et al. 2012). Molecular phylogenetic studies have widened the concept of the genus by including species of the genera Bovistella, Handkea, Morganella, and Vascellum (Krüger et al. 2001; Bates 2004; Larsson and Jeppson 2008; Bates et al. 2009; Gube 2009; Jeppson et al. 2012). Larsson and Jeppson (2008) established new limits of Lycoperdon by proposing subgenera within Lycoperdon, viz., Apioperdon, Bovistella, Lycoperdon, Morganella, Utraria and Vascellum.
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