Queletia is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1872. Fruit bodies of Queletia species are sequestrate with a thin outer skin (peridium) and a harder inner skin that breaks into small pieces with age. The genus is named after French mycologist Lucien Quélet (1832–1899).
The genus contains three species: Queletia andina Queletia mirabilis (Type species) Queletia turcestanica
Former species: Q. laceratum now Schizostoma laceratum Q. mundkurii now Schizostoma mundkurii
See also List of Agaricales genera List of Agaricaceae genera
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