Gamundia is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. The genus contains six species found in Europe and temperate regions of South America.[2]

Gamundia
Gamundia striatula
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Gamundia

Type species
Collybia pseudoclusilis
Joss. & Konrad (1980)
Species

G. hygrocyboides
G. leucophylla
G. lonatii
G. metuloidigera
G. striatula
G. xerophila

The genus name of Gamundia is in honour of Irma Josefa Gamundí (nee Amos) (b.1927), an Argentinian botanist, Professor of Botany at the Universidad Nacional del Comahue.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Jörg Raithelhuber in Metrodiana Vol.8 (2.3) on page 34 in 1979.

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References

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  1. ^ Raithelhuber J. (1979). "Calocybe Kühner – Eine Sammelgattung?". Metrodiana (in German). 8 (1): 9–10.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.