Acanthophysium

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Acanthophysium
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Stereaceae
Genus: Acanthophysium
(Pilát) G.Cunn. (1963)
Type species
Acanthophysium apricans
(Bourdot) G.Cunn. (1963)
Acanthophysium
Mycological characteristics
Acanthophyllum mucronatum Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte (1836) (17578232684).jpg
Acanthophyllum mucronatum

Acanthophysium is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family. The widespread genus, which contains about 20 species, [1] was circumscribed by New Zealand mycologist Gordon Herriot Cunningham in 1963. [2]

Species

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 3. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Cunningham GH. (1963). "The Thelephoraceae of Australia and New Zealand". Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Industrial Research. 145: 1–359.