Cystangium

Cystangium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Russulaceae
Genus:	Cystangium Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)
Type species
Cystangium sessile (Massee & Rodway ex Rodway) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)

Cystangium is a genus of fungi in the Russulaceae family. The genus contains 32 species that are distributed in Australia and South America.^[1] Cystangium was described by American mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1960.^[2]

Species

• Cystangium balpineum
• Cystangium bisporum
• Cystangium capitis-orae
• Cystangium clavatum
• Cystangium depauperatum
• Cystangium echinosporum
• Cystangium flavovirens
• Cystangium idahoensis
• Cystangium luteobrunneum
• Cystangium lymanensis
• Cystangium macrocystidium
• Cystangium maculatum
• Cystangium medlockii
• Cystangium megasporum
• Cystangium nothofagi
• Cystangium oregonense
• Cystangium phymatodisporum
• Cystangium pineti
• Cystangium pisiglarea
• Cystangium polychromum
• Cystangium rodwayi
• Cystangium seminudum
• Cystangium sessile
• Cystangium shultziae
• Cystangium sparsum
• Cystangium thaxteri
• Cystangium theodoroui
• Cystangium trappei
• Cystangium variabilisporum
• Cystangium vesiculosum
• Cystangium xanthocarpum

References

1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
2. ^ Singer R, Smith AH. (1960). "Studies on secotiaceous fungi. IX. The astrogastraceous series". Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 21 (3): 67. 

External links

• Cystangium in Index Fungorum.