Phlebophyllum

Genus of fungi

Phlebophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Incertae sedis
Genus:
Phlebophyllum

R.Heim (1969)
Type species
Phlebophyllum vitellinum
R.Heim (1969)

Phlebophyllum is a genus of fungi in the order Agaricales. It is incertae sedis with respect to familial placement within the order.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Phlebophyllum vitellinum, discovered in Gabon and reported as new to science by mycologist Roger Heim in 1969.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Heim R. (1968). "Breves diagnoses latinae novitatum genericarum specificarumque nuper descriptarum". Revue de Mycologie. 33 (5): 379–82.
Taxon identifiers
Phlebophyllum