Rhizopogon rudus

Translingual

Proper noun

Rhizopogon rudus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Rhizopogonaceae – an ectomycorrhizal fungus distinguished by basidiocarps which, pallid at first, turn sayal brown with handling; by its essentially nonamyloid spores measuring 6–7.5 × 2.2–2.5 μm; and by the lack of intracellular pigment and the presence of giant cells (measuring 25–75 μm) in its peridium.
   • 1966 March, Alexander Hanchett Smith, Sanford Myron Zeller, “7. Rhizopogon rudus A. H. Smith, sp. nov.” (protologue), in A Preliminary Account of the North American Species of Rhizopogon (Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden; Volume 14, Number 2), New York: New York Botanical Garden, →ISSN, pages 34–35

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina – subphylum; Agaricomycetes – class; Agaricomycetidae – subclass; Boletales – order; Rhizopogonaceae – family; Rhizopogon – genus; Rhizopogon – subgenus; Amylopogon – section; Arctostaphyli – stirps

Further reading

• Rhizopogon rudus at MycoBank