Rhopalogaster

Rhopalogaster
	Rhopalogaster transversarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Rhizopogonaceae
Genus:	Rhopalogaster; J.R.Johnst. (1902)
Type species
	Rhopalogaster transversarium; (Bosc) J.R.Johnst. (1902)
Synonyms
	Lycoperdon transversarium Bosc (1811); Cauloglossum transversarium (Bosc) Fr. (1829);

Rhopalogaster is a genus of secotioid basidiomycetes. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Rhopalogaster transversarium, found in the USA.^[2] This fungus was originally described as new to science in 1811 by French botanist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc; Elias Magnus Fries transferred it to Cauloglossum in 1829. The genus was properly defined in 1902 by John Robert Johnston.^[3]

References

^ "Rhopalogaster transversarium (Bosc) J.R. Johnst. 1902". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Johnston JR. (1902). "Rhopalogaster Johnston n. g. Lycoperdaceae". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 38: 70.

External links

Rhopalogaster in Index Fungorum

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[urlMycoBank:_Rhopalogaster_transversarium-1] "Rhopalogaster transversarium (Bosc) J.R. Johnst. 1902". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-12-03.

[Kirk_2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Johnston_1902-3] Johnston JR. (1902). "Rhopalogaster Johnston n. g. Lycoperdaceae". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 38: 70.

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