Phlebophyllum is a genus of fungi in the order Agaricales. It is incertae sedis with respect to familial placement within the order.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Phlebophyllum vitellinum, discovered in Gabon and reported as new to science by mycologist Roger Heim in 1969.[2]
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| Genus: | Phlebophyllum R.Heim (1969)
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| Phlebophyllum vitellinum R.Heim (1969)
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References
edit- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Heim R. (1968). "Breves diagnoses latinae novitatum genericarum specificarumque nuper descriptarum". Revue de Mycologie. 33 (5): 379–82.