# Gomphogaster

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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
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| taxon = Gomphogaster
| authority = [O.K.Mill.](/source/O.K.Mill.) (1973)
| type_species = '''''Gomphogaster leucosarx'''''
| type_species_authority = O.K.Mill. (1973)
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'''''Gomphogaster''''' is a fungal [genus](/source/genus) in the family [Gomphidiaceae](/source/Gomphidiaceae). Circumscribed in 1972 by American mycologist [Orson K. Miller, Jr.](/source/Orson_K._Miller%2C_Jr.),<ref name="Miller 1973"/> the genus is [monotypic](/source/monotypic), containing the single [gasteroid](/source/gasteroid) species '''''Gomphogaster leucosarx''''', found in the United States.<ref name="Kirk 2008"/>

==References==
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<ref name="Kirk 2008">{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=288 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>

<ref name="Miller 1973">{{cite journal |author=Miller OK Jr. |title=A new gastroid genus related to ''Gomphidius'' |journal=Mycologia |year=1973 |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=226–8 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0065/001/0226.htm |doi=10.2307/3757808|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{IndexFungorum|17449}}

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Category:Monotypic Boletales genera

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