Melanogaster ambiguus is a species of fungus in the family Paxillaceae, first described by Carlo Vittadini and given its current name by Edmond Tulasne and Charles Tulasne.

Melanogaster ambiguus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Paxillaceae
Genus: Melanogaster
Species:
M. ambiguus
Binomial name
Melanogaster ambiguus
Synonyms[1]
  • Octaviania ambigua Vittad.
  • Melanogaster ambiguus var. ambiguus
  • Argylium liquaminosum Wallr.
  • Melanogaster klotzschii Corda

Distribution and habitat edit

It appears in North America, Oceania and Europe.[2] It grows in deciduous and mixed forests, arboreta, under Abies and Carpinus.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Melanogaster ambiguus in MycoBank.
  2. ^ a b "Melanogaster ambiguus distribution". gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  3. ^ a b Władysław Wojewoda (2003). Krytyczna lista wielkoowocnikowych grzybów podstawkowych Polski (PDF). Kraków: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. p. 433. ISBN 83-89648-09-1.

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