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Chondrogaster
Sign in to saveChondrogaster is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, described by French mycologist René Maire in 1926, contains two species, the type Chondrogaster pachysporus, and Chondrogaster angustisporus, described in 2000. Collectively, Chondrogaster is found in Mauritania, Brazil, and Europe.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderHysterangiales
- FamilyMesophelliaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 85
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Mesophelliaceae
- Collections
- MEL, FH, OSC, F
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States, Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mesophelliaceae
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- taxon name
- Chondrogaster
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Maire
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Chondrogaster is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, described by French mycologist René Maire in 1926, contains two species, the type Chondrogaster pachysporus, and Chondrogaster angustisporus, described in 2000. Collectively, Chondrogaster is found in Mauritania, Brazil, and Europe.
==References==
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