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Rhopalogaster
Rhopalogaster transversarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Rhizopogonaceae
Genus:	Rhopalogaster J.R.Johnst. (1902)
Type species
Rhopalogaster transversarium (Bosc) J.R.Johnst. (1902)
Synonyms
Lycoperdon transversarium Bosc (1811) Cauloglossum transversarium (Bosc) Fr. (1829)

Rhopalogaster is a genus of secotioid basidiomycetes. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Rhopalogaster transversarium, found in the USA. This fungus was originally described as new to science in 1811 by French botanist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc; Elias Magnus Fries transferred it to Cauloglossum in 1829. The genus was properly defined in 1902 by John Robert Johnston.

References

1. "Rhopalogaster transversarium (Bosc) J.R. Johnst. 1902". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
3. Johnston JR. (1902). "Rhopalogaster Johnston n. g. Lycoperdaceae". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 38: 70.

External links

• Rhopalogaster in Index Fungorum

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