Chlorogaster

Chlorogaster (literally green stomach) is a genus of fungi thought to belong to the Sclerodermataceae family, but this has been not molecularly confirmed. A monotypic genus, it contains the single mycorrhizal species Chlorogaster dipterocarpi.[1]

Chlorogaster
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Chlorogaster

Læssøe & Jalink
Type species
Chlorogaster dipterocarpi
Læssøe & Jalink
Holotype of Chlorogaster dipterocarpi; Danum Valley, Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia. Photo: Thomas Læssøe

References

  1. Laessoe T, Jalink LM. (2004). "Chlorogaster dipterocarpi – A new peristomate gasteroid taxon of the Sclerodermataceae". Persoonia 18 (3): 421–28.


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