Cystangium

Cystangium
Cystangium balpineum - White Sessile Truffle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Cystangium
Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)
Type species
Cystangium sessile
(Massee & Rodway ex Rodway) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1960)

Cystangium is a genus of fungi in the family Russulaceae. The genus contains 32 species that are distributed in Australia and South America.[1] Cystangium was described by American mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1960.[2]

The taxon is phylogenetically part of Russula and thus probably a synonym.[3] However, it has not been formally synonymised yet and continues to be used by taxonomists.[4][5]

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