Fungi named in 1992

Tapinella atrotomentosa, commonly known as the velvet roll-rim or velvet-footed tap, is a species of fungus in the family Tapinellaceae. Although it has gills, it is a member of the pored mushroom order Boletales. August Batsch described the species in 1783. It has been recorded from Eurasia and North America. Tough and inedible, it grows on tree stumps of conifers. The mushroom contains several compounds that act as deterrents of feeding by insects.

The Zopfiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa have a widespread distribution, and appear to be saprobic, found largely on rhizomes and roots. Some species are found in marine environments.

Suillus mediterraneensis is a species of edible mushroom in the genus Suillus. It is found in Europe within Coniferous forests, mycorrhizal with two-needled pines (Pinus halepensis, P. pinea, P. pinaster). Originally named Boletus mediterraneensis in 1969, It was transferred to Suillus in 1992. It is similar to Suillus granulatus, but is distinguished by yellowish and not white flesh.

Sinoboletus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae.

Melastiza cornubiensis is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. This is a European species appearing from spring to autumn as bright orange-red disks clustered on sandy and gravelly soils.

Biatorellaceae is a family of lichen-forming fungi in the subclass Lecanoromycetidae. The family is monotypic, and contains the single genus Biatorella, which contains eight species. Species in the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution, they are also found in northern temperate regions, especially in Europe. but also in tropical Central America, Africa and Asia (such as India). As well as Australia.

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Hormographiella is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus contains three species of anamorphic fungi that have Coprinopsis or Coprinellus teleomorphs.

The Diademaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa are widespread, especially in temperate regions, and are parasitic or saprobic in stem and leaves.

The Sigmoideomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Zoopagales. The family contains three genera, and four species. The family was circumscribed in 1992. Reticulocephalis (2 spp.) putative haustorial parasite of fungi Sigmoideomyces (1 sp) putative haustorial parasite of fungi Sphondylocephalum (1 sp) haustorial parasite of fungi

Punctelia missouriensis, commonly known as the mealy speckled shield lichen, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in the southeastern United States, where it grows on tree bark and on rocks.

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Horakiella is a genus of fungi within the Sclerodermataceae family that contains the two species H. clelandii and H. watarrkana. The genus name of Horakiella is in honour of Egon Horak (born 1937), an Austrian mycologist. The genus was circumscribed in 1992 by Michael A. Castellano and James Martin Trappe in Austral. Syst. Bot., vol.5, on page 641.

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Carinispora is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Carinispora nypae.

Amanita arocheae, also known as the Latin American death cap, is a mushroom of the large genus Amanita, which occurs in Colombia, Central America and South America. Deadly poisonous, it is a member of Amanita sect. Phalloideae and related to the death cap, A. phalloides.

Tricholomella is a fungal genus in the family Lyophyllaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Tricholomella constricta, described as new to science by the Ukrainian mycologist Mariya Yakovlevna Zerova in 1979. Zerova's original publication was invalid, and it was later republished validly by Kuulo Kalamees in 1992. The fungus is found in Asia and Europe.

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Platysporoides is a genus of fungi in the family Pleosporaceae.

Perenniporia podocarpi is a species of resupinate (encrusting) polypore. It occurs widely but uncommonly on the New Zealand endemic podocarps Dacrydium cupressinum and Prumnopitys taxifolia. Basidiocarps are dimitic and grow up to 9 cm across, thick and cushion-like with a distinctive white or very pale cream spore surface with large pores. The basidiospores are extremely large for the genus, up to 27 μm in length. As with other members of its genus, P. podocarpi causes a white rot in affected host plants.

Parmotrema aptrootii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in South America, it was described as new to science in 1992. It has a pale yellowish to greenish-grey thallus measuring up to about 10 cm (4 in). The lichen has also been recorded from Acre, Brazil, where it is commonly found on dead branches in dense shrubby campinas.

Mycoamaranthus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus contains three species, found in Australasia, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The genus was circumscribed by Michael Angelo Castellano, James 'Jim' Martin Trappe and Nicholas Malajczuk in Austral. Syst. Bot. vol.5 (5) on page 613 1992. The genus name of Mycoamaranthus is in honour of Michael P. Amaranthus (fl. 1996–2012), who was an American botanist (mycology) and research biologist. He worked at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Seattle.

Mobergia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus name of Mobergia is in honour of Jan Roland Moberg (b.1939), a Swedish botanist (Mycology and Lichenology) and at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The genus was circumscribed by Helmut Mayrhofer and John Wilson Sheard in Bryologist vol.95 on page 438 in 1992.

Menegazzia prototypica is a species of lichen found in Australia. It was described as new to science in 1992.

Menegazzia norstictica is a species of foliose lichen from Australia. It was described as new to science in 1992.

Menegazzia myriotrema is a species of foliose lichen found in Australia.

Menegazzia kantvillasii is a species of foliose lichen found in Australia and South America. It was described as new to science in 1992. The specific epithet honours Australian lichenologist Gintaras Kantvilas.

Menegazzia grandis is a species of foliose lichen found in Australia. It was described as new to science in 1992.