Rhizopogon villosulus

Rhizopogon villosulus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Rhizopogonaceae
Genus:	Rhizopogon
Species:	R. villosulus
Binomial name
*Rhizopogon villosulus* Zeller (1941)
Synonyms^[1]
Rhizopogon reticulatus Hawker (1955)^[2] Rhizopogon colossus A.H.Sm. (1966) Rhizopogon colossus var. nigromaculatus A.H.Sm. (1966) Rhizopogon hawkerae A.H.Sm. (1966) Rhizopogon parksii A.H.Sm. (1966) Rhizopogon subareolatus A.H.Sm. (1966)

Rhizopogon villosulus is an ectomycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. It was first described scientifically by mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1941.^[3]

References

↑ "Rhizopogon villosulus Zeller 1941". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
↑ Hawker LE. (1955). "Hypogeous fungi. IV and V". Transactions of the British Mycological Society 38: 73–7. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(55)80008-3.
↑ Zeller SM. (1942). "Further notes on fungi". Mycologia 33 (2): 196–214. doi:10.2307/3754932.