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Amylascus

Amylascus is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Pezizaceae family. The genus, which contains two species found in Australasia, was circumscribed by mycologist James Trappe in 1971.

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Amylascus
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pezizaceae
Genus: Amylascus
Trappe (1971)
Type species
Amylascus herbertianus
(J.W.Cribb) Trappe (1971)
Species

A. herbertianus
A. tasmanicus

Amylascus is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Pezizaceae family.1 The genus, which contains two species found in Australasia,2 was circumscribed by mycologist James Trappe in 1971.3

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References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Trappe JM. (1971). "A synopsis of the Carbomycetaceae and Terfeziaceae (Tuberales)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 57 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(71)80083-9.