Chondrogaster

Chondrogaster is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, described by French mycologist René Maire in 1926,[1] contains two species, the type Chondrogaster pachysporus, and Chondrogaster angustisporus, described in 2000.[2] Collectively, Chondrogaster is found in Mauritania, Brazil, and Europe.[3]

Chondrogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Hysterangiales
Family:
Mesophelliaceae
Genus:
Chondrogaster

Maire (1926)
Type species
Chondrogaster pachysporus
Maire (1926)
Species

Chondrogaster angustisporus
Chondrogaster pachysporus

References
  1. Maire R. (1924). "Études mycologiques (fascicule 2)". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 40 (3): 293–317.
  2. Giachini AJ, Oliveira VL, Castellano MA, Trappe JM (2000). "Ectomycorrhizal fungi in Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations in southern Brazil". Mycologia. 92 (6): 1166–77. doi:10.2307/3761484. JSTOR 3761484.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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