Rhizopogon Fr. in Fr. & Nordholm

  • Family

    Gasteroid agarics (Basidiomycota)

  • Scientific Name

    Rhizopogon Fr. in Fr. & Nordholm

  • Primary Citation

    Symbolae Gasteromycorum ad illustrandam Flora Suecicam 1: 5. 1817

  • Description

    Diagnosis: Basidiomata sequestrate, hypogeous to erumpent. Peridium dry, pruinose to subtomentose, sometimes with overlaying rhizomorphs, sometimes bruising, white to yellow to brown to reddish brown. Gleba dry, minutely loculose, whitish at first, eventually brownish, lacking a columella. Spores smooth, ellipsoid to fusoid, hyaline to pale yellowish. Clamp connections absent.


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    Type species: Rhizopogon luteolus Fr. & Nordholm

    Distribution: Northern Hemisphere. Often present where introduced with Pinaceae (Australia, New Zealand, South America).

    Ectomycorrhiza: Pinaceae

    Commentary: Phylogenetic inference places the genus in suborder Suillineae.

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