Cercopemyces is a mushroom genus allied to Ripartitella and not clearly aligned with well characterized mushroom families.[1] The genus contains four species, one known from western and another, previously known as Ripartitella ponderosa or Cystoderma ponderosa,[2] from eastern North America, a third from Europe, and a fourth species from South America.
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Cercopemyces crocodilinus | |
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Genus: | Cercopemyces T.J.Baroni, Kropp & V.S.Evenson (2014)
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Cercopemyces crocodilinus T.J.Baroni, Kropp & V.S.Evenson (2014)
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Ceropemyces grow in arid regions and resemble saprophytic Amanita that are sometimes classified as Saproamanita and that also grow in arid regions. The type species grows near mountain mahogany.[1]
Etymology
editThe name Ceropemyces was derived from the Ancient Greek name for mischievous forest creatures, the Cercopes, and -mykes (fungus).[1]
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edit- ^ a b c Baroni, T.J.; Kropp, B.R.; Evenson, V.S.; Wilhelm, M. (2014). "Cercopemyces crocodilinus, a new genus and species related to Ripartitella, is described from North America". Mycologia. 106 (4): 785–796. doi:10.3852/13-312. PMID 24987131. S2CID 207722096.
- ^ Franco-Molano, A.E. (1993). "Studies on Cystoderma: a new species and a new combination". Mycologia. 85 (4): 672–676. doi:10.2307/3760512. JSTOR 3760512.
- ^ Dima, B. (2015-01-29). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (210): 1.
- ^ Martínez, Agustín P.; Suárez, Juan M.; Aliaga, Joaquín; Baroni, Timothy J.; Lechner, Bernardo E. (2024). "New species from Argentinean Yungas, Cercopemyces messii and Clitocybe cedrelae (Agaricomycetes, Agaricales)". Mycological Progress. 23 (1). doi:10.1007/s11557-024-01971-3. ISSN 1617-416X.