Rhizopogon alexsmithii

Rhizopogon alexsmithii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Rhizopogonaceae
Genus: Rhizopogon
Species: R. alexsmithii
Binomial name
Rhizopogon alexsmithii
(Trappe) Vizzini & Zotti (2010)
Synonyms
  • Alpova alexsmithii Trappe (1975)

Rhizopogon alexsmithii is an ectomycorrhizal fungus in the order Boletales. Named in honor of American mycologist Alexander H. Smith, it was described as new to science in 1975 by James Trappe.[1] Vizzini and Zotti transferred it to the genus Rhizopogon in 2010.[2]

References

  1. Trappe JM (1975). "A revision of the genus Alpova with notes on Rhizopogon and the Melonasuaceae". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 51: 279–310.
  2. Vizzini A, Zotti M, Ryman S, Ghignone S (2010). "Typification of Octaviania rubescens (Paxillineae, Boletales) and phylogenetic hypotheses for genus Alpova". Mycologia. 102 (4): 967–975. doi:10.3852/09-256.


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