Pegleromyces
Genus of fungi
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Pegleromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Pegleromyces collybioides, found in Brazil,[1] and described as new to science by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1981.[2]
| Pegleromyces | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Pegleromyces (Singer) |
| Type species | |
| Pegleromyces collybioides Singer | |
The genus name of Pegleromyces is in honour of David Pegler (b.1938), who is a British mycologist.[3]
