Protoglossum

Protoglossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Cortinariaceae
Genus:	Protoglossum; Massee (1891)
Type species
	Protoglossum luteum; Massee (1891)
Species
	P. aromaticum; P. cribbiae; P. luteum; P. niphophilum; P. niveum; P. purpureum; P. violaceum; P. viscidum
Synonyms
	Cortinomyces Bougher & Castellano (1993)

Protoglossum is a genus of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.^[2] The widespread genus contains eight species.^[2] Protoglossum was circumscribed by George Edward Massee in 1891.^[3]

References

^ "Protoglossum Massee 1891". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
^ ^a ^b Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Massee GE. (1891). "New or imperfectly known Gasteromycetes". Grevillea. 19 (92): 94–98.

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