Paragyrodon
| Paragyrodon | |
|---|---|
| File:Paragyrodon sphaerosporus 73872.jpg | |
| Paragyrodon sphaerosporus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Paxillaceae |
| Genus: | Paragyrodon (Singer) Singer (1942) |
| Species: | P. sphaerosporus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paragyrodon sphaerosporus (Peck) Singer (1942)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ixocomus sphaerosporus (Peck) E.-J.Gilbert (1931) | |
| Paragyrodon sphaerosporus | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| File:Pores icon.png | Pores on hymenium |
| File:Infundibuliform cap icon.svg | Cap is infundibuliform |
| File:Adnate gills icon2.svg | Hymenium is adnate |
| File:Cortina stipe icon.png | Stipe has a cortina |
| Spore print is yellow-brown | |
| File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svg | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
| File:Mycomorphbox Question.png | Edibility is unknown |
Paragyrodon is a genus of fungi in the family Paxillaceae.[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Paragyrodon sphaerosporus. Paragyrodon was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1942.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]The caps are 4–12 centimetres (1+1⁄2–4+3⁄4 in) wide and a blotchy combination of yellow to brown. The stem is 3–7 cm (1+1⁄4–2+3⁄4 in) tall and 1.2–3 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄4 in) thick; it stains brown.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]The species is distributed mostly around the Great Lakes Region, however, the species has also been observed further west in Kansas, Iowa and Colorado.[5] The species has been associated with the white oak and the gambel oak in Colorado.
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