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Cystangium

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Scientific name
  
Cystangium

Order
  
Russulales

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Family
  
Russulaceae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Zelleromyces, Macowanites, Arcangeliella, Russulales, Multifurca

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

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

References

Cystangium Wikipedia