Mycolevis

Mycolevis is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae.[1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single truffle-like species Mycolevis siccigleba, found in North America.[2] The genus and species was described by American mycologist Alexander H. Smith in 1965.[3]

Mycolevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Russulales
Family:
Albatrellaceae
Genus:
Mycolevis

A.H.Sm. (1965)
Type species
Mycolevis siccigleba
A.H.Sm. (1965)

References
  1. "Mycolevis A.H. Sm. :391, 1965". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 449. ISBN 9780851998268.
  3. Smith AH. (1965). "New and unusual basidiomycetes with comments on hyphal and spore wall reactions with Melzer's solution". Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata. 26: 385–402.


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