Battarrea

Battarrea is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus used to be classified in the family Tulostomaceae until molecular phylogenetics revealed its affinity to the Agaricaceae. Species of Battarrea have a peridium (spore sac) that rests atop an elongated, hollow stipe with a surface that tends to become torn into fibrous scales. Inside the peridium, the gleba consists of spherical, warted spores, and a capillitium of simple or branched hyphal threads that have spiral or angular thickenings. The genus is named after Italian priest and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Battarra.

Species

 * Battarrea arenicola Copel. (1904)
 * Battarrea franciscana Copel. (1904)
 * Battarrea guachiparum Speg. (1898)
 * Battarrea griffithsii Underw., Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 28: 440 (1901)''
 * Battarrea laciniata Underw. ex V.S.White (1901)
 * Battarrea levispora Massee (1901)
 * Battarrea patagonica Speg. (1898)
 * Battarrea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers. (1801)