Gomphogaster

Gomphogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Gomphidiaceae
Genus: Gomphogaster
O.K.Mill. (1973)
Type species
Gomphogaster leucosarx
O.K.Mill. (1973)

Gomphogaster is a fungal genus in the family Gomphidiaceae. Circumscribed in 1972 by American mycologist Orson K. Miller, Jr.,[1] the genus is monotypic, containing the single gasteroid species Gomphogaster leucosarx, found in the United States.[2]

References

  1. Miller OK Jr. (1973). "A new gastroid genus related to Gomphidius". Mycologia 65 (1): 226–8. doi:10.2307/3757808.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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