Cystangium
Genus of fungi
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Cystangium is a genus of fungi in the family Russulaceae. The genus contains 32 species that are distributed in Australia and South America.[1] Cystangium was described by American mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1960.[2]
| Cystangium | |
|---|---|
| |
| Cystangium balpineum - White Sessile Truffle | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Russulaceae |
| Genus: | Cystangium Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960) |
| Type species | |
| Cystangium sessile | |
The taxon is phylogenetically part of Russula and thus probably a synonym.[3] However, it has not been formally synonymised yet and continues to be used by taxonomists.[4][5]
Species
- Cystangium balpineum
- Cystangium bisporum
- Cystangium capitis-orae
- Cystangium clavatum
- Cystangium depauperatum
- Cystangium domingueziae[5]
- Cystangium echinosporum
- Cystangium flavovirens
- Cystangium gamundiae[5]
- Cystangium grandihyphatum[5]
- Cystangium idahoensis
- Cystangium longisterigmatum[5]
- 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
