Gilkeya

Gilkeya is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.

It is monotypic, containing the single species Gilkeya compacta.

It is named after the American mycologist Helen Margaret Gilkey (1886–1972).

[1] The genus was circumscribed by Matthew Edward Smith, James Martin Trappe and David M. Rizzo in Mycologia Vol.98 (Issue 5) on pages 705 in 2007.

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