Pterygellus

Genus of fungi

Pterygellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Cantharellales
Family:	Cantharellaceae
Genus:	Pterygellus Corner
Type species
Pterygellus armeniacus Corner
Species
P. armeniacus P. cymatodermoides P. funalis P. polymorphus P. spiculosus

Pterygellus is a genus of fungi in the family Cantharellaceae. It was circumscribed by the British mycologist E.J.H. Corner in 1966.^[1] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains five species found in tropical Asia.^[2]

References

^ Corner EJH. (1966). "A monograph of cantharelloid fungi". Annals of Botany Memoirs. 2: 166.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 576. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.