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  • 2Under Assessment
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Pompholyx occidentale Zeller

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Scientific name
Pompholyx occidentale
Author
Zeller
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Sclerodermataceae
Assessment status
Proposed
Proposed by
Catia Canteiro
Assessors
Catia Canteiro, Susana P. Cunha

Assessment Notes

Genus and species do not appear to be valid. Pompholyx occidentale may be synonym of Calvatia fumosa, while Pompholyx sapidum (type species of the genus but not included in Species Fungorum) is likely a synonym of Scleroderma citrinum.
See https://www.jstor.org/stable/23213879 and https://doi.org/10.1016/S0007-1536(71)80030-X

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