Gigasperma is an inactive genus of fungi in the order Agaricales with a single species. It was treated either as the only genus in the monotypic family Gigaspermataceae, or part of the wider Cortinariaceae. Gigasperma was circumscribed by Austrian mycologist Egon Horak in 1971.
Taxonomy
No species remain within this genus since Gigasperma cryptica was reclassified as Thaxterogaster crypticus in 2022.
Synonyms
Gigasperma americanum Kropp & L.J. Hutchison, 1996 = Cryptolepiota americana (Kropp & L.J. Hutchison) Kropp & Trappe, 2012 Gigasperma clelandii (Rodway) E. Horak, 1971 = Horakiella clelandii (Rodway) Castellano & Trappe, 1992
See also
List of Agaricales families
List of Agaricales genera
References
External links
Gigasperma americanum at Species Fungorum
Gigasperma cryptica at Species Fungorum
Cortinariaceae
Agaricales genera
Taxa named by Egon Horak
fr:Gigaspermaceae (famille de champignons)