Leucophleps

Leucophleps
Leucophleps spinispora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Albatrellaceae
Genus:	Leucophleps Harkn. (1899)
Type species
Leucophleps magnata Harkn. (1899)
Species
L. aculeatispora L. levispora L. magnata L. spinispora
Synonyms[2]
Cremeogaster Mattir. (1924)[1]

Leucophleps is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Albatrellaceae.[3] The genus, widespread in northern temperate regions, contains four species.[4] Leucophleps was circumscribed by American mycologist Harvey Willson Harkness in 1899.[5]

References

1. Lloyd CG. (1924). "Mycological Notes 72". 7 (72): 1269–1300. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "Leucophleps Harkn. :257, 1899". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
3. Albee-Scott, Steven (2007). "The phylogenetic placement of the Leucogastrales, including Mycolevis siccigleba (Cribbeaceae), in the Albatrellaceae using morphological and molecular data". Mycological Research. 111 (6): 653–662. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.020. ISSN 0953-7562. PMID 17604150.
4. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 375. ISBN 9780851998268.
5. Phillips W, Harkness HW (1899). "Californian hypogaeous fungi". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 1 (8): 241–91.