Paragyrodon | |
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Paragyrodon sphaerosporus | |
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Genus: | Paragyrodon (Singer) Singer (1942)
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Type species | |
Paragyrodon sphaerosporus (Peck) Singer (1942)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Ixocomus sphaerosporus (Peck) E.-J.Gilbert (1931) |
Paragyrodon sphaerosporus | |
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Pores on hymenium | |
Cap is infundibuliform | |
Hymenium is adnate | |
Stipe has a cortina | |
Spore print is yellow-brown | |
Ecology is mycorrhizal | |
Edibility is unknown |
Paragyrodon is a genus of fungi in the family Paxillaceae.[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Paragyrodon sphaerosporus. Paragyrodon was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1942.[3]
The species is distributed mostly around the Great Lakes Region, however, the species has also been observed further west in Kansas, Iowa and Colorado.[4] The species has been associated with the white oak and the gambel oak in Colorado.