Amylascus

Amylascus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pezizaceae
Genus: Amylascus
Trappe (1971)
Type species
Amylascus herbertianus
(J.W.Cribb) Trappe (1971)
Species

A. herbertianus
A. tasmanicus

Amylascus is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Pezizaceae family.[1] The genus, which contains two species found in Australasia,[2] was circumscribed by mycologist James Trappe in 1971.[3]

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Trappe JM. (1971). "A synopsis of the Carbomycetaceae and Terfeziaceae (Tuberales)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society 57 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(71)80083-9.

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