Hysterangium

Hysterangium
Hysterangium stoloniferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hysterangiales
Family: Hysterangiaceae
Genus: Hysterangium
Vittad. (1831)
Type species
Hysterangium clathroides
Vittad. (1831)

Hysterangium is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Hysterangiaceae family. The genus is widespread, especially in temperate regions, and contains about 50 species.[1] Hysterangium was circumscribed by Italian mycologist Carlo Vittadini in 1831.[2]

Selected species

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Vittadini C. (1831). Monographia Tuberacearum (in Latin)). Ex Typographia F. Rusconi. pp. 1–88 (see p. 13.