Gomphus Pers.
Index Fungorum number: IF 17688; Mycobank number: MB 17688
Notes – The genus Gomphus sensu lato was proposed by Persoon (1796) to include the species with wrinkled hymenia and verrucose spore in the cantharelloid-gomphoid clade (Giachini and Castellano 2011; Giachini 2004). The genus currently comprises 16 described species (Index Fungorum 2022). No species was assigned in the genus Gomphus, when it was introduced to generic level. Later, it was Gray (1821) who described Gomphus clavatus as the type species for the genus Gomphus (Giachini and Castellano 2011). Lacks of distinctive morphological characters make it difficult in the taxonomic identification of the genus Gomphus. According to the latest classification by Giachini and Castellano (2011) for Gomphus sensu lato (Gomphus sensu stricto, Gloeocantharellus, Phaeoclavulina and Turbinellus), Gomphus sensu stricto is the only genus with strictly violet, lavender-brown, or milky-coffee colored hymenia.
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