Abstract:
A taxonomic
revision of the Calvatia complex in southern Africa, following a comparative morphological
approach, has led to the adoption of a broad generic concept comprising thirteen species.
Conservation of Calvatia against the older names Omalycus and Lanopila has been proposed.
Description:
This paper was initially
delivered at the Annual
Congress of the Biological
Sciences Division of the
South African Academy for
Science and Art, ARC-Plant
Protection Research Institute,
Roodeplaat, Pretoria, South
Africa on 01 October 2010.
