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Chlorogaster

Chlorogaster is a genus of fungi thought to belong to the Sclerodermataceae family, but this has been not molecularly confirmed. A monotypic genus, it contains the single mycorrhizal species Chlorogaster dipterocarpi.

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Chlorogaster
Species holotype at Danum Valley, Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Sclerodermataceae
Genus: Chlorogaster
Læssøe & Jalink
Species:
C. dipterocarpi
Binomial name
Chlorogaster dipterocarpi
Læssøe & Jalink

Chlorogaster (literally green stomach) is a genus of fungi thought to belong to the Sclerodermataceae family, but this has been not molecularly confirmed. A monotypic genus, it contains the single mycorrhizal species Chlorogaster dipterocarpi.2

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References

  1. Cunha, S.P.; Gonçalves, S.C. (2024). "Chlorogaster dipterocarpi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T70416597A258434895. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T70416597A258434895.en. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  2. Laessoe, T; Jalink, LM (2004). "Chlorogaster dipterocarpi – A new peristomate gasteroid taxon of the Sclerodermataceae". Persoonia. 18 (3): 421–28.
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