Gomphogaster

Genus of fungi

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.
  • Gomphogaster in Index Fungorum
Taxon identifiers
Gomphogaster


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