# Protogaster

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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
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| grandparent_authority = [Zeller](/source/Sanford_Myron_Zeller) (1934)
| genus = Protogaster
| parent_authority = [Thaxt.](/source/Thaxt.) (1934)
| species = rhizophilus
| authority = Thaxt. (1934)
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'''Protogastraceae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [fungi](/source/fungi) in the order [Boletales](/source/Boletales) that contains the single [genus](/source/genus) '''''Protogaster'''''. The genus, in turn, contains a single species, '''''Protogaster rhizophilus''''', found on the roots of ''[Viola](/source/Viola_(plant))'' in the US.<ref name=Kirk2008/> The family was described by American mycologist [Sanford Myron Zeller](/source/Sanford_Myron_Zeller) in 1934, and the genus and species by [Roland Thaxter](/source/Roland_Thaxter).<ref name=Zeller1934/>

==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=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=563 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>

<ref name=Zeller1934>{{cite journal |author=Zeller SM. |title=''Protogaster'', representing a new order of the Gasteromycete |journal= Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden |year=1934 |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=231–40 |doi=10.2307/2394140|jstor=2394140 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/16511 }}</ref>

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Category:Boletales
Category:Fungi of North America
Category:Monotypic Boletales genera

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