Caulorhiza

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Caulorhiza
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Caulorhiza umbonata
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Caulorhiza

Lennox
Type species
Caulorhiza umbonata
(Peck) Lennox
Species

C. hygrophoroides
C. trullisatipes
C. umbonata

Caulorhiza is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. The genus, which contains three species found in the US, [1] was circumscribed by Joanne Lennox in 1979. [2]

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References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 122. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Lennox JW. (1979). "Collybioid genera in the Pacific Northwest". Mycotaxon . 9 (1): 117–231.