Kjeldsenia

Kjeldsenia is a fungal genus in the family Claustulaceae.[1] It contains the single truffle-like species Kjeldsenia aureispora, described in 1995 and found in Mendocino County, California. The genus name honors C.K. Kjeldsen, professor of botany at Sonoma State University, while the specific epithet aureispora refers to the color of the spores when they are viewed in transmitted light.[2]

Kjeldsenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Phallales
Family:
Claustulaceae
Genus:
Kjeldsenia

Colgan, Castellano & Bougher (1995)
Type species
Kjeldsenia aureispora
W.Colgan, Castellano & Bougher (1995)

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Colgan W III, Castellano MA, Trappe JM (1995). "NATS truffle and truffle-like fungi 2: Kjeldsenia aureispora gen. et sp. nov., a truffle-like fungus in the Cortinariaceae". Mycotaxon. 55: 175–8.


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