Wakefieldia is a genus of two species of fungi, generally thought to belong in the family Boletaceae,[1] but recent molecular study has shown that Wakefieldia macrospora is in fact not related to Boletales and belongs to family Hymenogastraceae.[2]

Wakefieldia
Wakefieldia macrospora
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Wakefieldia

Corner & Hawker
Type species
Wakefieldia striaespora
Corner & Hawker
Species

W. macrospora
W. striaespora

References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 728. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Kaounas V, Assyov B, Alvarado P (2011). "New data on hypogeous fungi from Greece with special reference to Wakefieldia macrospora (Hymenogastraceae, Agaricales) and Geopora clausa (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales)". Mycologia Balcanica. 8: 105–113.105-113&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=Kaounas&rft.aufirst=V&rft.au=Assyov, B&rft.au=Alvarado, P&rft_id=https://www.scribd.com/doc/76057680/New-data-on-hypogeous-fungi-from-Greece-with-special-reference-to-Wakefieldia-macrospora-Hymenogastraceae-Agaricales-and-Geopora-clausa-Pyronemata&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Wakefieldia" class="Z3988">