Krüger, Dirk & Haans Kreisel. Proposing Morganella subgen. Apioperdon subgen. nov. for the puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme. Mycotaxon 86: 169 - 177. 2003.

ABSTRACT: The puffball genus Morganella (Lycoperdaceae) is emended to include a new subgenus Apioperdon. Lycoperdon pyriforme is relocated to Morganella, yielding the new combination Morganella pyriformis, and an epitype is given.

KEYWORDS: Basidiomycotina, capillitium, DNA, gasteromycetes, phylogenetics