| Queletia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: |
Queletia Fr. (1872) |
| Type species | |
|
Queletia mirabilis Fr. (1872) |
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| Species | |
Q. andina
Q. mirabilis
Q. turcestanica
Queletia is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872.Fruit bodies of Queletia species are roughly spherical with a stipe-like base. They have a thin outer skin (peridium) and a harder inner skin that breaks into small pieces with age. The genus is named after French mycologist Lucien Quélet.