Cystangium
Encyclopedia
Cystangium is a genus
of fungi in the Russulaceae
family. The genus contains 32 species that are distributed in Australia and South America. Cystangium was described by American mycologists Rolf Singer
and Alexander H. Smith
in 1960.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Russulaceae
Russulaceae
The Russulaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 1243 species. Its species typically have fruit bodies with friable, chalk-like stalks, that break with a distinct crack, somewhat like a carrot but with porous flesh...
family. The genus contains 32 species that are distributed in Australia and South America. Cystangium was described by American mycologists Rolf Singer
Rolf Singer
Rolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms in the 20th century....
and Alexander H. Smith
Alexander H. Smith
Alexander Hanchett Smith was an American mycologist known for his extensive contributions to the taxonomy and phylogeny of the higher fungi, especially the agarics.-Early life:...
in 1960.
Species
- Cystangium balpineum
- Cystangium bisporum
- Cystangium capitis-orae
- Cystangium clavatum
- Cystangium depauperatum
- Cystangium echinosporum
- Cystangium flavovirens
- Cystangium idahoensis
- Cystangium luteobrunneum
- Cystangium lymanensis
- Cystangium macrocystidium
- Cystangium maculatum
- Cystangium medlockii
- Cystangium megasporum
- Cystangium nothofagi
- Cystangium oregonense
- Cystangium phymatodisporum
- Cystangium pineti
- Cystangium pisiglarea
- Cystangium polychromum
- Cystangium rodwayi
- Cystangium seminudum
- Cystangium sessile
- Cystangium shultziae
- Cystangium sparsum
- Cystangium thaxteri
- Cystangium theodoroui
- Cystangium trappei
- Cystangium variabilisporum
- Cystangium vesiculosum
- Cystangium xanthocarpum