Paragyrodon | |
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Paragyrodon sphaerosporus | |
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Genus: | Paragyrodon (
Singer) Singer (1942)
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Type species | |
Paragyrodon sphaerosporus (
Peck) Singer (1942)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Ixocomus sphaerosporus (Peck)
E.-J.Gilbert (1931) |
Paragyrodon sphaerosporus | |
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![]() | Pores on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is infundibuliform |
![]() | Hymenium is adnate |
![]() | Stipe has a cortina |
![]() | Spore print is yellow-brown |
![]() | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
![]() | Edibility is unknown |
Paragyrodon is a genus of fungi in the family Paxillaceae. [2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Paragyrodon sphaerosporus. Paragyrodon was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1942. [3]
The species is distributed mostly around the Great Lakes Region, however, the species has also been observed further west in Kansas, Iowa and Colorado. [4] The species has been associated with the white oak and the gambel oak in Colorado.