Austrogaster is a genus of fungi in the family Paxillaceae. The genus contains three species found in temperate South America, and New Zealand.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1962.[2]

Austrogaster
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Austrogaster

Singer (1962)
Type species
Austrogaster marthae
Singer (1962)
Species

A. baeospermum
A. marthae
A. novae-zelandiae

References edit

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Singer R. (1962). "Monographs of South American Basidiomycetes, especially those of the east slope of the Andes and Brazil. V. Gasteromycetes with agaricoid affinities (secotiaceous Hymenogastrineae and related forms)". Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica. 10: 52–67.