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Pisolithus hypogaeus

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Sclerodermataceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Boletales

Genus
  
Pisolithus

Pisolithus hypogaeus is a fungus in the Pisolithus genus, occurring in coastal south-western Australia in association with eucalypt ectomycorrhizal hosts on sandy soils. DNA samples show that Pisolithus hypogaeus is a relative of other brown- and echinulate-spored Pisolithus species, and is most closely related to two undescribed epigeous Pisolithus species from Australia.

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Pisolithus hypogaeus Wikipedia