Cercopemyces

Cercopemyces is a mushroom genus allied to Ripartitella and not clearly aligned with well characterized mushroom families.[1] The genus contains three species, one known from western and another, previously known as Ripartitella ponderosa or Cystoderma ponderosa,[2] from eastern North America, and a third from Europe.

Cercopemyces
Cercopemyces crocodilinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Incertae sedis
Genus:
Cercopemyces

T.J.Baroni, Kropp & V.S.Evenson (2014)
Type species
Cercopemyces crocodilinus
T.J.Baroni, Kropp & V.S.Evenson (2014)

Ceropemyces grow in arid regions and resemble saprophytic Amanita that are sometimes classified as Saproamanita and that also grow in arid regions. The type species grows near mountain mahogany.[1]

Etymology

The name Ceropemyces was derived from the Ancient Greek name for mischievous forest creatures, the Cercopes, and -mykes (fungus).[1]

Species
  • Cercopemyces crocodilinus
  • Cercopemyces ponderosus
  • Cercopemyces rickenii[3]

See also

References
  1. Baroni, T.J.; Kropp, B.R.; Evenson, V.S.; Wilhelm, M. (2014). "Cercopemyces crocodilinus, a new genus and species related to Ripartitella, is described from North America". Mycologia. 106 (4): 785–796. doi:10.3852/13-312. PMID 24987131. S2CID 207722096.
  2. Franco-Molano, A.E. (1993). "Studies on Cystoderma: a new species and a new combination". Mycologia. 85 (4): 672–676. doi:10.2307/3760512. JSTOR 3760512.
  3. Dima, B. (2015-01-29). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (210): 1.


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