Chondrogaster

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Basidiomycota

| classis = Agaricomycetes

| ordo = Hysterangiales

| familia = Mesophelliaceae

| genus = Chondrogaster

| genus_authority = Maire (1926)

| type_species = Chondrogaster pachysporus

| type_species_authority = Maire (1926)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Chondrogaster angustisporus

Chondrogaster pachysporus

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Chondrogaster is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, described by French mycologist René Maire in 1926, contains two species, the type Chondrogaster pachysporus, and Chondrogaster angustisporus, described in 2000. Collectively, Chondrogaster is found in Mauritania, Brazil, and Europe.

References

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Giachini AJ, Oliveira VL, Castellano MA, Trappe JM |title=Ectomycorrhizal fungi in Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations in southern Brazil |journal=Mycologia |year=2000 |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=1166–77 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0092/006/1166.htm |jstor= 3761484|doi=10.2307/3761484|url-access=subscription }}

{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=138 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

{{cite journal |author=Maire R. |title=Études mycologiques (fascicule 2) |journal=Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France |year=1924 |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=293–317 |language=French}}

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