Hybogasteraceae
Encyclopedia
The Hybogasteraceae are a family
of fungi in the order Russulales
. The family consists of a single genus, Hybogaster, only known from southern Chile
, and associated with living Nothofagus
trees.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of fungi in the order Russulales
Russulales
The Russulales are an order of the Agaricomycetes,...
. The family consists of a single genus, Hybogaster, only known from southern Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, and associated with living Nothofagus
Nothofagus
Nothofagus, also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 35 species of trees and shrubs native to the temperate oceanic to tropical Southern Hemisphere in southern South America and Australasia...
trees.