Boninogaster

Boninogaster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hysterangiales
Family: Hysterangiaceae
Genus: Boninogaster
Kobayasi (1937)
Type species
Boninogaster phalloides
Kobayasi (1937)

Boninogaster is a genus of fungus in the Hysterangiaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Boninogaster phalloides, found in the Bonin Islands of Japan. The genus and species were described by Japanese mycologist Yosio Kobayasi in 1937.

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ↑ Kobayasi Y. (1937). "Fungi Austro-Japoniae et Micronesiae I" (PDF). Botanical Magazine Tokyo. 51 (609): 749–58. doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.51.749.[permanent dead link]