The Sclerogastraceae are a family of fungi in the order Geastrales. The family contains the single genus Sclerogaster, which contains 10 species found in Europe and America.[1] The genus was circumscribed by botanist Rudolf Hesse in 1891.[2]

Sclerogaster
Scientific classification
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Sclerogastraceae

Locq. ex P.M.Kirk (2008)
Genus:
Sclerogaster

R.Hesse (1891)
Type species
Sclerogaster lanatus
Mattir. (1900)

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 623. ISBN 9780851998268.
  2. ^ Hesse R. (1891). Hypogaeen Deutschlands. 1. Die Hymenogastreen (in German). Vol. 1.
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