Campanophyllum

Campanophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cyphellaceae
Genus: Campanophyllum
Cifuentes & R.H.Petersen (2003)
Type species
Campanophyllum proboscideum
(Fr.) Cifuentes & R.H.Petersen (2003)
Synonyms[3]

Lentinus proboscideus Fr. (1851)[1]
Pocillaria proboscidea (Fr.) Kuntze (1891)[2]

Campanophyllum is a fungal genus in the Cyphellaceae family.[4] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Campanophyllum proboscideum, found in Costa Rica. The genus was circumscribed in 2003 to accommodate the species formerly known as Lentinus proboscoides.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fries EM. (1851). "Novae symbolae mycologicae, in peregrinis terris a botanicis danicis collectae" (in Latin). Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum upsaliensis. 3 1: 17–136 (see p. 38). 
  2. ^ Kuntze O. (1891) (in Latin). Revisio generum plantarum. 2. p. 866. 
  3. ^ a b Cifuentes J, Petersen RH, Hughes K. (2003). "Campanophyllum: a new genus for an old species name". Mycological Progress 2 (4): 285–95. 
  4. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 114. ISBN 9780851998268. 

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