Pegleromyces

Pegleromyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tricholomataceae
Genus:	Pegleromyces ; (Singer)
Type species
	Pegleromyces collybioides; Singer

Last updated September 25, 2025

Pegleromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Pegleromyces collybioides, found in Brazil,^[1] and described as new to science by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1981.^[2]

The genus name of Pegleromyces is in honour of David Pegler (b.1938), who is a British mycologist.^[3]

References

↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 481. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
↑ Singer R. (1981). "New genera of the Agaricales" . Mycologia. 73 (3): 500–10. doi:10.2307/3759603.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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[Kirk2008-1] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 481. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Singer1981-2] Singer R. (1981). "New genera of the Agaricales" . Mycologia. 73 (3): 500–10. doi:10.2307/3759603.

[3] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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