| Chroogomphus | |
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| Chroogomphus rutilus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Gomphidiaceae |
| Genus: | Chroogomphus (Singer) O.K.Mill. (1964)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chroogomphus rutilus | |
| Synonyms | |
Chroogomphus /kroʊ.əˈɡɒmfəs/ is a genus of mushrooms commonly known as pine-spikes or spike-caps based on their shape and because they are often found growing in association with pine trees. The genus is distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere including North America and Eurasia.
- ^ (Singer) O.K. Mill., Mycologia 56: 529 (1964)
- ^ "Chroogomphus" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ (Schaeff.) O.K. Mill., Mycologia 56: 543 (1964) [MB#328192]