Rhizopogon villosulus

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Rhizopogon villosulus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Rhizopogonaceae
Genus: Rhizopogon
Species:
R. villosulus
Binomial name
Rhizopogon villosulus
Zeller (1941)
Synonyms [1]

Rhizopogon reticulatus Hawker (1955) [2]
Rhizopogon colossus A.H.Sm. (1966)
Rhizopogon colossus var. nigromaculatusA.H.Sm. (1966)
Rhizopogon hawkeraeA.H.Sm. (1966)
Rhizopogon parksiiA.H.Sm. (1966)
Rhizopogon subareolatusA.H.Sm. (1966)

Rhizopogon villosulus is an ectomycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. It was first described scientifically by mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1941. [3]

References

  1. "Rhizopogon villosulus Zeller 1941". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  2. Hawker LE. (1955). "Hypogeous fungi. IV and V" . Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 38: 73–7. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(55)80008-3.
  3. Zeller SM. (1942). "Further notes on fungi" . Mycologia. 33 (2): 196–214. doi:10.2307/3754932. JSTOR   3754932.