{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon= Macrometrula | authority = Donk & Singer (1948) | type_species = '''''Macrometrula rubriceps''''' | type_species_authority = (Cooke & Massee) Donk & Singer (1948) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = ''Agaricus rubriceps'' <small>Cooke & Massee (1887)</small><br> ''Chitonia rubriceps'' <small>(Cooke & Massee) Sacc. (1887)</small><br> ''Clarkeinda rubriceps'' <small>(Cooke & Massee) Kuntze (1891)</small> }}
'''''Macrometrula''''' is a fungal genus in the family Psathyrellaceae.<ref name=Kirk2008/> The genus is monotypic, containing the single species '''''Macrometrula rubriceps''''', found growing in a greenhouse in the Kew Gardens, England.<ref name=Singer1948/> This species was originally named ''Agaricus rubriceps'' in 1887.<ref name=Cooke1887/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Cooke1887>{{cite journal |author=Cooke MC. |title=New British fungi |journal=Grevillea |year=1887 |volume=15 |issue=75 |pages=65–7 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59649/0015/075/0065.htm }}</ref>
<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk |url-access=limited |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk/page/n406 396] |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>
<ref name=Singer1948>{{cite journal |author=Singer R. |title=New genera of fungi. IV |journal=Mycologia |year=1948 |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=262–8 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0040/002/0262.htm |doi=10.2307/3755089|jstor=3755089 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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Category:Psathyrellaceae Category:Taxa described in 1887 Category:Fungi of Europe Category:Monotypic Agaricales genera Category:Taxa named by Rolf Singer
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