Protogaster

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Protogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Protogastraceae

Zeller (1934)
Genus:
Protogaster

Thaxt. (1934)
Type species
Protogaster rhizophilus
Thaxt. (1934)

The Protogastraceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales that contain the single genus Protogaster. The genus in turn contains the single species Protogaster rhizophilus, found on the roots of Viola in the USA. [1] The family was described by American mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1934, the genus and species by Roland Thaxter. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 563. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ↑ Zeller SM. (1934). "Protogaster, representing a new order of the Gasteromycete". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 21 (2): 231–40. doi:10.2307/2394140. JSTOR   2394140.


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