Pyrrhoglossum

Pyrrhoglossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Cortinariaceae
Genus:	Pyrrhoglossum Singer (1944)
Type species
Pyrrhoglossum pyrrhum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Singer (1944)

Pyrrhoglossum is a genus of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. The genus is widely distributed, especially in tropical regions, and contains 11 species. ^[1] It was circumscribed by American mycologist Rolf Singer in 1944. ^[2]

Species

• Pyrrhoglossum ferruginatum
• Pyrrhoglossum hepatizon
• Pyrrhoglossum holocrocinum
• Pyrrhoglossum lilaceipes
• Pyrrhoglossum macrosporum
• Pyrrhoglossum pyrrhum
• Pyrrhoglossum recedens
• Pyrrhoglossum stipitatum
• Pyrrhoglossum subpurpureum
• Pyrrhoglossum viriditinctum
• Pyrrhoglossum yunnanense

References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 586. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
2. Singer R. (1944). "New genera of fungi. I" . Mycologia. 36 (4): 358–58. doi:10.2307/3754752. JSTOR   3754752.

External links

• Pyrrhoglossum in Index Fungorum