Guyanagaster

Guyanagaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Physalacriaceae
Genus: Guyanagaster
T.W. Henkel, M.E. Smith & Aime
Type species
Guyanagaster necrorhiza
T.W. Henkel, M.E. Smith & Aime

Guyanagaster is a genus of fungi in the Physalacriaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single wood-decaying sequestrate species Guyanagaster necrorhiza. The species, found in the neotropical rainforests of the Guiana Shield, was first described scientifically in 2010.[1]

References

  1. Henkel TW, Smith ME, Aime MC (2010). "Guyanagaster, a new wood-decaying sequestrate genus of Agaricales from the Guiana Shield". American Journal of Botany. 97 (9): 1474–84. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000097.


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