Rhizopogon alexsmithii

Rhizopogon alexsmithii is an ectomycorrhizal fungus in the order Boletales.[2] Named in honor of American mycologist Alexander H. Smith, it was described as new to science in 1975 by James Trappe.[3] Alfredo Vizzini and Mirca Zotti transferred it to the genus Rhizopogon in 2010.[4]

Rhizopogon alexsmithii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Rhizopogonaceae
Genus: Rhizopogon
Species:
R. alexsmithii
Binomial name
Rhizopogon alexsmithii
(Trappe) Vizzini & Zotti (2010)
Synonyms
  • Alpova alexsmithii Trappe (1975)

References
  1. Castellano, Michael A.; Bérubé, J. (23 April 2015). "Rhizopogon alexsmithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 23 April 2015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T75121617A75121859.en.
  2. "Rhizopogon alexsmithii". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 20 December 2017. Lineage( full ) cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Basidiomycota; Agaricomycotina; Agaricomycetes; Agaricomycetidae; Boletales; Suillineae; Rhizopogonaceae; Rhizopogon
  3. Trappe JM (1975). "A revision of the genus Alpova with notes on Rhizopogon and the Melonasuaceae". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 51: 279–310.
  4. Vizzini A, Zotti M, Ryman S, Ghignone S (2010). "Typification of Octaviania rubescens (Paxillineae, Boletales) and phylogenetic hypotheses for genus Alpova" (PDF). Mycologia. 102 (4): 967–975. doi:10.3852/09-256. hdl:2318/70604.

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