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Protomycena electra

Agaricomycetes - Agaricales - Tricholomataceae

Taxonomy
Protomycena electra was named by Hibbett et al. (1997). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Morone Amber Collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic. It is the type species of Protomycena.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Protomycena electra Hibbett et al. p. 984 figs. 8-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomFungiJahn and Jahn 1959
Basidiomycota
classAgaricomycetesDoweld 2001
orderAgaricalesUnderwood 1899
RankNameAuthor
familyTricholomataceaeHeim ex Pouzar 1983
genusProtomycena
specieselectra

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Protomycena electra Hibbett et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Protomycena electra (type locality: 124231)