''Cercopemyces'' is a
mushroom genus allied to ''
Ripartitella
''Ripartitella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in Mycologia vol.39 on page 85 in 1947.
The genus name of ''Ripartitella'' is in honour of Jean Baptiste Marie Joseph Solange Eugène Rip ...
'' and not clearly aligned with well characterized mushroom
families.
The genus contains three species, one known from western and another, previously known as ''Ripartitella ponderosa'' or ''Cystoderma ponderosa'',
from eastern
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, and a third from
Europe.
''Ceropemyces'' grow in arid regions and resemble saprophytic ''
Amanita'' that are sometimes classified as ''
Saproamanita
The genus ''Saproamanita'' contains about 24 species of agarics and is one of six genera in the family Amanitaceae. The others are ''Amanita'' (which now includes the synonym ''Torrendia'', a generic name previously applied to secotioid, sequestr ...
'' and that also grow in arid regions. The
type species grows near
mountain mahogany.
Etymology
The name ''Ceropemyces'' was derived from the
Ancient Greek name for mischievous forest creatures, the
Cercopes, and -' (fungus).
Species
* ''
Cercopemyces crocodilinus''
* ''
Cercopemyces ponderosus
''Cercopemyces'' is a mushroom genus allied to ''Ripartitella'' and not clearly aligned with well characterized mushroom families. The genus contains three species, one known from western and another, previously known as ''Ripartitella ponderosa'' ...
''
* ''
Cercopemyces rickenii
''Cercopemyces'' is a mushroom genus allied to ''Ripartitella'' and not clearly aligned with well characterized mushroom families. The genus contains three species, one known from western and another, previously known as ''Ripartitella ponderosa'' ...
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See also
*
List of Agaricales genera
References
Agaricales enigmatic taxa
Agaricales genera
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