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Palaeocybe

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Palaeocybe
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Genus: Palaeocybe
Dörfelt & Striebich (2000)
Type species
Palaeocybe striata
Dörfelt & Striebich (2000)

Palaeocybe is a fungal genus in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single fossil species Palaeocybe striata, which was found in Tertiary amber in Saxony, Germany. The holotype consists of a single cap measuring 1.6 mm in diameter, and part of a stem, which is made of tubes. On the cap underside are decurrent gills[1]

References

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  1. ^ Dörfelt H, Striebich B. (2000). "Palaeocybe striata, ein neuer fossiler Pilz in Bernstein des Tertiär" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Mykologie (in German). 66 (1): 27–34.
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