Rhopalogaster | |
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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) |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Cauloglossum transversarium (Bosc) Fr. (1829) |
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]