Mycolevis

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Mycolevis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Albatrellaceae
Genus: Mycolevis
A.H.Sm. (1965)
Type species
Mycolevis siccigleba
A.H.Sm. (1965)

Mycolevis is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae. [1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single truffle-like species Mycolevis siccigleba, found in North America. [2] American mycologist Alexander H. Smith described this genus and species in 1965. [3]

References

  1. "Mycolevis A.H. Sm. :391, 1965". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 449. ISBN   9780851998268.
  3. Smith AH. (1965). "New and unusual basidiomycetes with comments on hyphal and spore wall reactions with Melzer's solution". Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata. 26 (4): 385–402. doi:10.1007/BF02049566. hdl: 2027.42/43285 . S2CID   26531082.