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Gyrodon

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Order
  
Boletales

Scientific name
  
Gyrodon

Rank
  
Genus

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Family
  
Paxillaceae

Higher classification
  
Paxillaceae

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Similar
  
Boletinellus merulioides, Boletales, Gyroporus, Boletinus, Paxillaceae

Gyrodon merulioides fungi kingdom


Gyrodon is a genus of pored mushroom bearing close affinity to the genus Paxillus. Recent molecular research has confirmed this relationship of the two genera as sister taxa, together diverging as one of the most basal lineages in the Boletineae, and sister to the Boletaceae.

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Gyrodon Gyrodon merulioides

Gyrodon was circumscribed by German botanist Wilhelm Opatowski in 1836.

Gyrodon lividus fungi kingdom


Species

As of September 2015, Index Fungorum lists 13 species of Gyrodon.

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  • Gyrodon adisianus – Brazil
  • Gyrodon africanus
  • Gyrodon bohemicus
  • Gyrodon crassipes – Ethiopia
  • Gyrodon cupreus
  • Gyrodon housei
  • Gyrodon intermedius – Africa, Madagascar
  • Gyrodon lividus – Type species, Europe
  • Gyrodon minutus – Asia
  • Gyrodon miretipes – Burundi
  • Gyrodon ripicola
  • Gyrodon smotlachae
  • Gyrodon rubellus
  • Gyrodon tennesseensis – USA

    • Gyrodon Gyrodon merulioides Ash Bolete

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    References

    Gyrodon Wikipedia
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