{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = PSM_V35_D206_Secolium_warnei.jpg | image_caption =Secotium varnei | taxon = Secotium | authority = Kunze (1840) | type_species = ''Secotium gueinzii'' | type_species_authority = Kunze (1840) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Secotium"/> | synonyms = *''Artymenium'' <small>Berk. ex E.Fisch. (1933)</small> }}
'''''Secotium''''' is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The members of this genus are closely related to ordinary ''Agaricus'' mushrooms, but do not open out in the usual way; this has given rise to the term "secotioid" for such mushrooms in general. They are thought to form an evolutionary link between agarics and gasteroid fungi (whose spores are enclosed in a pouch-like structure). ''Secotium'' is a widespread genus, with species that are predominantly found in warm and arid regions.<ref name="Kirk 2008"/>
==Species== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''Secotium batava'' R.Heim & Le Gal 1936 *''Secotium coarctatum'' Berk. 1845 *''Secotium coprinoides'' Routien 1940 *''Secotium czerniaievii'' Mont. 1845 *''Secotium decipiens'' Peck 1895 *''Secotium diminutivum'' Zeller 1939 *''Secotium eburneum'' Zeller 1941 *''Secotium fragariosum'' G.Cunn. 1952 *''Secotium globososporum'' Lloyd 1924 *''Secotium gueinzii'' Kunze 1840 *''Secotium himalaicum'' M.Zang & Yoshim.Doi 1995 — Nepal<ref name="Zang 1995"/> *''Secotium longipes'' Zeller 1941 *''Secotium obtusum'' Lloyd 1936 *''Secotium ochraceum'' Rodway 1920 *''Secotium selenaspora'' R.Heim & Le Gal 1936 *''Secotium warnei'' Peck 1882 }} The secotioid species ''Agaricus deserticola'' used to be named ''Secotium texense'' before its strong connection to ''Agaricus'' caused it to be reclassified. Similarly, in New Zealand ''Clavogaster virescens'' was described as both ''Secotium superbum'' and ''Secotium virescens'', ''Leratiomyces erythrocephalus'' as ''Secotium erythrocephalum'' and ''Psilocybe weraroa'' as ''Secotium novae-zelandicus''.
==See also== *List of Agaricaceae genera
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Kirk 2008">{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=628 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>
<ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Secotium">{{cite web |title=Synonymy: ''Secotium'' |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=19312 |publisher=Index Fungorum. CAB International |accessdate=2016-01-09}}</ref>
<ref name="Zang 1995">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zang M, Doi Y |title=''Secotium himalaicum'' sp. nov. from Nepal — a folklore concerning the food of abominable snowman |journal=Acta Botanica Yunnanica |year=1995 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=30–32}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web |title=''Secotium'' Kunze |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:19312}}
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Category:Agaricaceae Category:Agaricales genera Category:Taxa named by Gustav Kunze Category:Taxa described in 1840
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