| Boidinia | |
|---|---|
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| Boidinia furfuracea | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Boidinia Stalpers & Hjortstam (1982) |
| Type species | |
| Boidinia furfuracea (Bres.) Stalpers & Hjortstam (1982) | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Boidinia is agenus ofcrust fungi in the familyRussulaceae. The genus is widely distributed, and contains 10 species.[1]Boidinia was described in 1982 with thetype speciesBoidinia furfuracea (formerly placed inGloeocystidiellum). It is named in honor of French mycologist Jacques Boidin.[2]
N. Maekawa (1994) wrote: "The genusBoidinia is a satellite genus ofGloeocystidiellum and differs from the latter in forming loose texture in subiculum and globose, echinulate to verrucose basidiospores."[3]
Boidinia is probably notmonophyletic and needs taxonomical redefinition.[4]
The Catalogue of Life, on September 2025, recognizes 12 species ofBoidinia:[5]
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