Chlorogaster

Chlorogaster
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Sclerodermataceae
Genus:	Chlorogaster Læssøe & Jalink
Species:	C. dipterocarpi
Binomial name
Chlorogaster dipterocarpi Læssøe & Jalink

Holotype of Chlorogaster dipterocarpi; Danum Valley, Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia. Photo: Thomas Læssøe

Chlorogaster (literally green stomach) is a genus of fungi thought to belong to the Sclerodermataceae family, but this has been not molecularly confirmed. A monotypic genus, it contains the single mycorrhizal species Chlorogaster dipterocarpi. ^[2]

References

1. Cunha, S.P.; Gonçalves, S.C. (2024). "Chlorogaster dipterocarpi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T70416597A258434895. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T70416597A258434895.en . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
2. Laessoe, T; Jalink, LM (2004). "Chlorogaster dipterocarpi – A new peristomate gasteroid taxon of the Sclerodermataceae". Persoonia. 18 (3): 421–28.

External links

• Index Fungorum