Biology:Paragyrodon

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Paragyrodon
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Paragyrodon sphaerosporus
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Paragyrodon

(Singer) Singer (1942)
Type species
Paragyrodon sphaerosporus
(Peck) Singer (1942)
Synonyms[1]

Ixocomus sphaerosporus (Peck) E.-J.Gilbert (1931)
Gyrodon sphaerosporus (Peck) Singer (1940)
Suillus sphaerosporus (Peck) A.H.Sm. & Thiers (1964)

Paragyrodon sphaerosporus
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Mycological characteristics
pores on hymenium
cap is infundibuliform
hymenium is adnate
stipe has a cortina
spore print is yellow-brown
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: 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]

Distribution and habitat

The species is distributed mostly around the Great Lakes Region, however, the species has also been observed further west in Kansas , Iowa and Colorado.[4] The species has been associated with the white oak and the gambel oak in Colorado.

See also

References

  1. "Paragyrodon sphaerosporus (Peck) Singer 1942". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=289027. Retrieved 2011-12-03. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  3. Singer R. (1942). "Das System der Agaricales. II" (in German). Annales Mycologici 40: 1–132 (see p. 25). 
  4. Kuo, M. "Paragyrodon sphaerosporus". http://www.mushroomexpert.com/paragyrodon_sphaerosporus.html. Retrieved 17 August 2014. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1937509 entry