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Protoglossum
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Protoglossum

Massee (1891)
Type species
Protoglossum luteum
Massee (1891)
Synonyms [1]

Cortinomyces Bougher & Castellano (1993)

Protoglossum is a genus of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. [2] Protoglossum was circumscribed by George Edward Massee in 1891. [3]

Taxonomy

Protoglossum niveum is the only accepted species which remains in this genus with the previous 8 subsequently being reclassified as Cortinarius species as a result of papers in 2002 and 2014. [4]

References

  1. ^ "Protoglossum Massee 1891". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p.  563. ISBN  978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Massee GE. (1891). "New or imperfectly known Gasteromycetes". Grevillea. 19 (92): 94–98.
  4. ^ "Species Fungorum - Protoglossum". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-11.

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