Veloporphyrellus

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Veloporphyrellus
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Veloporphyrellus

L.D.Gómez & Singer
Type species
Veloporphyrellus pantoleucus
L.D.Gómez & Singer (1984)
Species

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Veloporphyrellus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. Species are characterized by having a pinkish to pinkish-gray hymenophore, a membrane-like partial veil that hangs from the cap margin, smooth spores, and a trichoderm-like cap cuticle.[2] The genus, circumscribed in 1984,[3] contains eight species.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Watling R, Turnbull E (1992). "Boletes from South & East Central Africa – I". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 49: 343–61. doi:10.1017/s0960428600000585.
  2. ^ a b Li Y-C, Ortiz-Santana B, Zeng N-K, Feng B, Yang ZL (2014). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Veloporphyrellus". Mycologia. 106 (2): 291–306. doi:10.3852/106.2.291.
  3. ^ Singer R, Gómez LD (1984). "Veloporphyrellus, a new genus of Boletaceae from Costa Rica". Brenesia. 22: 293–4.


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