Rhopalogaster

Rhopalogaster
Rhopalogaster transversarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Rhizopogonaceae
Genus: Rhopalogaster
J.R.Johnst. (1902)
Type species
Rhopalogaster transversarium
(Bosc) J.R.Johnst. (1902)
Synonyms[1]

Cauloglossum transversarium (Bosc) Fr. (1829)
Lycoperdon transversarium Bosc (1811)

Rhopalogaster is a genus of hypogeous Basidiomycetes. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Rhopalogaster transversarium, found in the USA.[2] The genus was described as new to science by John Robert Johnston in 1902.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Rhopalogaster transversarium (Bosc) J.R. Johnst. 1902". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=432045. Retrieved 2011-12-03. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  3. ^ Johnston JR. (1902). Rhopalogaster Johnston n. g. Lycoperdaceae. 38. p. 70. 

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