# Amylascus

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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
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| image =
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| taxon = Amylascus
| authority = [Trappe](/source/James_Trappe) (1971)
| type_species = ''Amylascus herbertianus''
| type_species_authority = ([J.W.Cribb](/source/Joan_Cribb)) [Trappe](/source/James_Trappe) (1971)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''[A. herbertianus](/source/Amylascus_herbertianus)''<br>
''[A. tasmanicus](/source/Amylascus_tasmanicus)''
}}

'''''Amylascus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [truffle](/source/truffle)-like [fungi](/source/fungi) in the [Pezizaceae](/source/Pezizaceae) family.<ref name=OoA/> The genus, which contains two species found in Australasia,<ref name=Kirk2008/> was circumscribed{{clarify|date=August 2021}} by mycologist [James Trappe](/source/James_Trappe) in 1971.<ref name=Trappe1971/>

==References==
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<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors =Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=26 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>

<ref name=OoA>{{cite journal|vauthors=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |archive-date=2009-03-18 }}</ref>

<ref name=Trappe1971>{{cite journal |author =Trappe JM. |title=A synopsis of the Carbomycetaceae and Terfeziaceae (Tuberales) |journal=Transactions of the British Mycological Society |year=1971 |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=85–92 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59351/0057/001/0085.htm |doi=10.1016/S0007-1536(71)80083-9|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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Category:Pezizaceae
Category:Truffles (fungi)
Category:Pezizales genera
Category:Taxa named by James Trappe

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