Alpova

Alpova
Alpova diplophloeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Paxillaceae
Genus: Alpova
C.W.Dodge (1931)
Type species
Alpova cinnamomeus
C.W.Dodge (1931)

Alpova is a genus of fungi in the Boletaceae family. The genus contains about 20 species of ectomycorrhizal false-truffles that collectively have a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate areas.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Carroll William Dodge in 1931.[2]

Species

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Dodge CW. (1931). "Alpova, a new genus of Rhizopogonaceae with further notes on Leucogaster and Arcangeliella". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 18: 457–64. doi:10.2307/2394031.
  3. Hayward J, Tourtellot SG, Horton TR. (2014). "A revision of the Alpova diplophloeus complex in North America". Mycologia 106 (4): 846–55. doi:10.3852/13-360. PMID 24891419.
  4. Moreau PA, Welti S, Peric B, Jargest P, Manzi S, Vizzini A. (2013). "Alpova komoviana (Boletales, Paxillaceae), a new sequestrate fungus from Montenegro, with a revised phylogeny of the genus in Europe". Mycological Progress 12 (1): 109–19. doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0818-x.

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