Zelleromyces

Zelleromyces
Zelleromyces cinnabarinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Zelleromyces
Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)
Type species
Zelleromyces cinnabarinus
Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)

Zelleromyces is a genus of fungi in the Russulaceae family. It was first described by mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1960 to contain hypogeous (underground) fungi with gasteroid fruit bodies that "bleed" latex when they are cut.[1]

Phylogenetic analyses show that Zelleromyces species fall into the genus Lactarius.[2][3] Nevertheless, the genus name is still in use and has not been formally synonymised with Lactarius yet.[3][4]

Species

References

  1. Singer R, Smith AH (1960). "Studies on secotiaceous fungi. IX. The astrogastraceous series". Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. 21 (3): 1–112.
  2. Calonge FD, Martín MP (2000). "Morphological and molecular data on the taxonomy of Gymnomyces, Martellia and Zelleromyces (Elasmomycetaceae, Russulales)" (PDF). Mycotaxon. 76: 9–15.
  3. 1 2 Verbeken A; Stubbe D; van de Putte K; Eberhardt U; Nuytinck J. (2014). "Tales of the unexpected: angiocarpous representatives of the Russulaceae in tropical South East Asia". Persoonia. 32: 13–24. doi:10.3767/003158514X679119.
  4. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version October 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  5. Moreno-Arroyo, B.; Gómez, J.; Calonge, F.D. (1998). "Zelleromyces meridionalis (Russulales, Elasmomycetaceae), a new species from Spain". Mycotaxon. 69: 467–71.


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