Protogaster
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| Family: | Protogastraceae Zeller (1934)
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| Genus: | Protogaster Thaxt. (1934)
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| Protogaster rhizophilus Thaxt. (1934)
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The Protogastraceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales that contain the single genus Protogaster. The genus, in turn, contains a single species, Protogaster rhizophilus, found on the roots of Viola in the US.[1] The family was described by American mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1934, and the genus and species by Roland Thaxter.[2]
References
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Zeller SM. (1934). "Protogaster, representing a new order of the Gasteromycete". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 21 (2): 231–40. doi:10.2307/2394140. JSTOR 2394140.