Mycoamaranthus

Genus of fungi

Mycoamaranthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Mycoamaranthus Castellano, Trappe & Malajczuk (1992)
Type species
Mycoamaranthus auriorbis Castellano, Trappe & Malajczuk (1992)

Mycoamaranthus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus contains three species, found in Australasia, Africa, and Southeast Asia.^[1]^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Michael Angelo Castellano, James 'Jim' Martin Trappe and Nicholas Malajczuk in Austral. Syst. Bot. vol.5 (5) on page 613 1992.

The genus name of Mycoamaranthus is in honour of Michael P. Amaranthus (fl. 1996–2012), who was an American botanist (mycology) and research biologist. He worked at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Seattle.^[3]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[4]

Mycoamaranthus auriorbis Castellano, Trappe & Malajczuk (1992)
Mycoamaranthus cambodgensis (Pat.) Trappe, Lumyong, P. Lumyong, Sanmee & Zhu L. Yang (2003)
Mycoamaranthus congolensis (Dissing & M. Lange) Castellano & Walleyn (2000)

References

^ Lumyong S, Sanmee R, Lumyong P, Yang ZL, Trappe JM (2003). "Mycoamaranthus cambodgensis comb. nov., a widely distributed sequestrate basidiomycete from Australia and southeastern Asia". Mycological Progress. 2 (4): 323–5. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0069-9.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 447. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ "Mycoamaranthus - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 December 2022.