Phlegmacium basorapulum
Phlegmacium basorapulum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Cortinariaceae |
Genus: | Phlegmacium |
Species: | P. basorapulus
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Binomial name | |
Phlegmacium basorapulus (Danks, T. Lebel & Vernes) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
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Known only from New South Wales, Australia | |
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Phlegmacium basorapulum is a species of truffle-like fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.[1] Found in New South Wales, Australia, the species was described as new to science in 2010.
Taxonomy
The species was first described scientifically by mycologists Melissa Danks, Teresa Lebel, and Karl Vernes in a 2010 issue of the journal Persoonia. The type collection was made in Mount Kaputar, New South Wales in July 2007. Molecular analysis of internal transcribed spacer sequences places Cortinarius basorapulus in the section Percomes of the genus Cortinarius, along with the European species C. langei, C. nanciencis and C. percomis. The specific epithet basorapulus is derived from the Latin words rapulum (a turnip) and baso (base) and refers to the distinct shape of the fruit bodies.[2]
In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Phlegmacium basorapulum based on genomic data.[3]
Description
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Habitat and distribution
The fruit bodies of Phlegmacium basorapulus grow underground in dry
See also
References
- ^ "Species Fungorum - Phlegmacium basorapulum (Danks, T. Lebel & Vernes) Niskanen & Liimat". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ^ PMID 20664764.
- ISSN 1878-9129.