''Zelleromyces'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Russulaceae
The Russulaceae are a diverse family (biology), family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They comprise the Russula, brittlegills and the milk-caps, well-known mushroom-forming fungi ...
. It was first described by mycologists
Rolf Singer
Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a German mycologist and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist of gilled mushrooms (agarics).
He wrote the book "The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy (biology), Taxonomy". He fled to various countries d ...
and
Alexander H. Smith in 1960 to contain
hypogeous
Hypogeal, hypogean, hypogeic and hypogeous (; ) are biological terms describing an organism's activity below the soil surface.
In botany, a seed is described as showing hypogeal germination when the cotyledons of the germinating seed remain no ...
(underground) fungi with
gasteroid
The gasteroid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota. Species were formerly placed in the obsolete class Gasteromycetes Fr. (literally "stomach fungi"), or the equally obsolete order Gasteromycetales Rea, because they produce spores insi ...
fruit bodies that "bleed"
latex
Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water. Latices are found in nature, but synthetic latices are common as well.
In nature, latex is found as a wikt:milky, milky fluid, which is present in 10% of all floweri ...
when they are cut.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club vol.21 (3) on page 18 in 1960.
The genus name of ''Zelleromyces'' is in honour of
Sanford Myron Zeller
Sanford Myron Zeller (19 October 1885 – 4 November 1948) was an American mycologist.
Born in Coldwater, Michigan, Zeller was educated at Lawrence College in Wisconsin, then Greenville College in Illinois, from which he received a Bachelor ...
(1885–1948), who was an American
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...
.
Phylogenetic analyses show that ''Zelleromyces'' species fall into the genus ''
Lactarius
''Lactarius'' is a genus of mushroom-producing, ectomycorrhizal fungi, containing several Edible mushroom, edible species. The species of the genus, common name, commonly known as milk-caps, are characterized by the milky fluid ("latex") they ex ...
''.
Nevertheless, the genus name is still in use and has not been formally
synonymised with ''Lactarius'' yet.
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Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...
;Arcangeliella daucina
''Arcangeliella'' is a genus of Gasteroid fungi, gasteroid fungi in the family Russulaceae. Taxonomic and phylogenetic research has shown that it is very likely a synonym of ''Lactarius (fungus), Lactarius''. The type species ''Arcangeliella borzi ...
''
* ''Z. dendriticus'' = ''Lactifluus dendriticus
''Lactifluus'' is one of three genera of mushroom-forming fungi containing species commonly named "milk-caps", the others being ''Lactarius'' and ''Multifurca''. It has been separated from ''Lactarius'' based on molecular phylogenetic evidence b ...
''
* ''Z. gardneri'' = '' Lactarius gardneri''
* ''Z. giennensis'' = '' Lactarius giennensis''
* ''Z. hispanicus'' = '' Lactarius aurantiacus''
* ''Z. josserandii'' = '' Lactarius josserandii''
* ''Z. major'' = '' Arcangeliella major''
* ''Z. meridionalis'' = '' Russula meridionalis''
* ''Z. meridionalis'' = ''Russula meridionalis''
* ''Z. soehneri'' = '' Lactarius soehneri''
* ''Z. stephensii'' = '' Lactarius stephensii''
References
External links
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Russulales
Russulales genera
Taxa named by Rolf Singer
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