Zelleromyces

Zelleromyces
Zelleromyces cinnabarinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Zelleromyces
Singer & A.H. Sm.
Type species
Zelleromyces cinnabarinus
Singer & A.H. Sm.

Zelleromyces is a genus of fungi in the Russulaceae family. It was first described by mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1960 to contain hypogeous (underground) fungi with gasteroid fruit bodies that "bleed" latex when they are cut.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ Singer R, Smith AH. (1960). "Studies on secotiaceous fungi. IX. The astrogastraceous series". Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 21 (3): 1–112. 

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