Macowanites

Macowanites
Macowanites luteolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Macowanites
Kalchbr. 1882
Type species
Macowanites agaricinus
Kalchbr. 1882[1]
Synonyms[2]

Elasmomyces Cavara 1898

Macowanites is a genus of gasteroid fungi in the Russulaceae family. It has been proposed to include the former genus Elasmomyces,[2] but is probably itself a synonym of Russula.[3][4] Nevertheless, it is a valid name and currently in use.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Kalchbrenner K. (104–109). "Fungi MacOwaniani". Grevillea 10: 447–453.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lebel T, Trappe JM. (2000). "Type Studies of Sequestrate Russulales. I. Generic Type Species". Mycologia 92 (6): 1188–1205. JSTOR 3761486.
  3. ↑ Lebel T, Tonkin JE. (2007). "Australasian species of Macowanites are sequestrate species of Russula (Russulaceae, Basidiomycota)". Australian Systematic Botany 20 (4): 355–381. doi:10.1071/SB07007.
  4. ↑ Buyck B, Hofstetter V, Verbeken A, Walleyn R. (2010). "Proposal to conserve Lactarius nom. cons. (Basidiomycota) with conserved type". Taxon 59: 447–453.
  5. ↑ Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version October 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2014-11-26.

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