Chamonixia

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Chamonixia
Chamonixia pachydermis in beech forest in New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Chamonixia
Rolland (1899)
Type species
Chamonixia caespitosa
Rolland (1899)
Species

C. albida
C. bispora
C. brevicolumna
C. caespitosa
C. caudata
C. mucosa
C. octorugosa
C. pachydermis
C. vittatispora

Chamonixia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Boletaceae family. The genus is widely distributed, especially in temperate regions, and contains eight species.[1] Chamonixia was circumscribed by French mycologist Léon Louis Rolland in 1899.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  2. ↑ Rolland L. (1899). "Excursions à Chamonix". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French) 15: 73–8. 

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