Chondrogaster

Chondrogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hysterangiales
Family: Mesophelliaceae
Genus: Chondrogaster
Maire (1926)
Type species
Chondrogaster pachysporus
Maire (1926)
Species

C. angustisporus
C. pachysporus

Chondrogaster is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, described by French mycologist René Maire in 1926,[1] contains two species, the type C. pachysporus, and C. angustisporus, described in 2000.[2] Collectively, Chondrogaster is found in Mauritania, Brazil, and Europe.[3]

References

  1. Maire R. (1924). "Études mycologiques (fascicule 2)". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French) 40 (3): 293–317.
  2. Giachini AJ, Oliveira VL, Castellano MA, Trappe JM. (2000). "Ectomycorrhizal fungi in Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations in southern Brazil". Mycologia 92 (6): 1166–77. doi:10.2307/3761484.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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