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Leucogaster
Sign in to saveLeucogaster is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae. The genus, widespread in northern temperate regions, contains about 20 truffle-like species. Some, such as L. rubescens, are edible.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderRussulales
- FamilyAlbatrellaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 102
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Albatrellaceae
- Collections
- OSC, FH, IBUNAM, NY, DBG, CUP
- Recorded in
- United States, Germany, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Albatrellaceae
- Image
- Mushroom Observer- Image- Leucogaster (98647-cropped).jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Leucogaster
- Commons category
- Leucogaster
- topic's main category
- Category:Leucogaster
- taxonomic type
- Leucogaster liosporus
- taxon author citation
- R.Hesse
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Encyclopedic overview
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Leucogaster is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae. The genus, widespread in northern temperate regions, contains about 20 truffle-like species. Some, such as L. rubescens, are edible.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leucogaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.