Xanthagaricus

Xanthagaricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Xanthagaricus
(Heinem.) Little Flower, Hosag. & T.K.Abraham (1997)
Species

12, see text
Synonyms[1]

Hymenagaricus subgen. Xanthagaricus Heinem. (1984)

Xanthagaricus is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae.[2] The genus contains 12 species found in India and Sri Lanka. Originally described in 1984 by Belgian mycologist Paul Heinemann as Hymenagaricus subgen. Xanthagaricus,[3] it was promoted to generic status in 1997.[4]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Xanthagaricus (Heinem.) Little Flower, Hosag. & T.K. Abraham 1997". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=28406. Retrieved 2011-12-05. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 735. ISBN 9780851998268. 
  3. ^ Heinemann P, Little Flower SR. (1984). "Hymenagaricus (Agaricaceae) de Kerala (Inde) et de Sri Lanka" (in French). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 54 (1–2): 151–82. JSTOR 3667871. 
  4. ^ Little Flower SR, Hosagoudar VB, Abraham TK. (1997). "Xanthagaricus, a new generic name in the family Agaricaceae". New Botanist 24: 93–100. 

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