Boninogaster

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Boninogaster
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Boninogaster

Kobayasi (1937)
Type species
Boninogaster phalloides
Kobayasi (1937)

Boninogaster is a genus of fungus in the Hysterangiaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Boninogaster phalloides, found in the Bonin Islands of Japan.[1] The genus and species were described by Japanese mycologist Yosio Kobayasi in 1937.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Kobayasi Y. (1937). "Fungi Austro-Japoniae et Micronesiae I" (PDF). Botanical Magazine Tokyo. 51 (609): 749–58. doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.51.749.[permanent dead link]