Australopilus

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Australopilus
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Australopilus
Halling & Fechner (2012)
Type species
Australopilus palumanus
(Wolfe & Bougher) Halling & Fechner (2012)
Synonyms [1]
  • Tylopilus palumanusWolfe & Bougher (1993)
  • Tylopilus queenslandianusWolfe & Bougher (1993)
  • Tylopilus propriorichromapesWolfe & Bougher (1993)
  • Tylopilus subchromapesWolfe & Bougher (1993)
  • Tylopilus parachromapesT.H.Li & Watling (1999) [2]

Australopilus is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. Circumscribed in 2012, it is monotypic, containing the single Australian species Australopilus palumanus. [3]

References

  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Australopilus palumanus (Wolfe & Bougher) Halling & Fechner". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  2. Li TH, Watling R (1999). "New taxa and combinations of Australian boletes". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 56 (1): 143–8. doi: 10.1017/S0960428600002419 .
  3. Halling RE, Nuhn M, Osmundson T, Fechner N, Trappe JM, Soytong K, Arora D, Hibbett DS, Binder M (2012). "Affinities of the Boletus chromapes group to Royoungia and the description of two new genera, Harrya and Australopilus". Australian Systematic Botany. 25 (6): 418–31. doi:10.1071/SB12028.