Pegleromyces

Pegleromyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Genus:
Pegleromyces

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirk2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Singer1981 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.