Chamonixia

Chamonixia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus is widely distributed, especially in temperate regions, and contains eight species.[1] Chamonixia was circumscribed by French mycologist Léon Louis Rolland in 1899.[2]

Chamonixia
Chamonixia pachydermis in beech forest in New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Boletaceae
Genus:
Chamonixia

Rolland (1899)
Type species
Chamonixia caespitosa
Rolland (1899)
Species

C. albida
C. bispora
C. brevicolumna
C. caespitosa
C. caudata
C. mucosa
C. octorugosa
C. pachydermis
C. vittatispora

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Rolland L. (1899). "Excursions à Chamonix". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 15: 73–8.


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