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Protoglossum Massee 1891

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Massee, G.E. 1891: New or imperfectly known Gasteromycetes. Grevillea 19(92): 94-98.
1891
97
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Protoglossum Massee 1891
Australia
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Protoglossum

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Cortinariaceae
Protoglossum

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Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Protoglossum Massee 1891

Truffle-like, ectomycorrhizal fungi. Hymenogaster-like fungi (lacking a columella, with basal rhizomorphs) characterised as a genus by the cortinarioid spores.

Bougher & Castellano erected a genus Cortinomyces for these fungi, but as it was based on the type of Protoglossum, is a superfluous genus. These authors cited Cunningham (1934) as reporting the species P. luteus from New Zealand, but Cunningham (1944) later treats P. luteus as a synonym of Hymenogaster viscidus, so his concept of this fungus for New Zealand must be doubtful. At least one undescribed species in the genus occurs under Nothofagus in New Zealand.

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Cortinomyces Bougher & Castellano 1993
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Protoglossum Massee 1891
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