Biology:Pegleromyces

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Pegleromyces
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Pegleromyces

(Singer)
Type species
Pegleromyces collybioides
Singer

Pegleromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Pegleromyces collybioides, found in Brazil,[1] and described as new to science by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1981.[2]

The genus name of Pegleromyces is in honour of David Pegler (b.1938), who is a British mycologist.[3]

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References

  1. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 481. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk. 
  2. Singer R. (1981). "New genera of the Agaricales". Mycologia 73 (3): 500–10. doi:10.2307/3759603. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0073/003/0500.htm. 
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

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