Chlorogaster

Chlorogaster (literally green stomach) is a genus of fungi thought to belong to the Sclerodermataceae family, but this has been not molecularly confirmed. A monotypic genus, it contains the single mycorrhizal species Chlorogaster dipterocarpi.^[2]

Chlorogaster
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Sclerodermataceae
Genus:	Chlorogaster Læssøe & Jalink
Species:	C. dipterocarpi
Binomial name
Chlorogaster dipterocarpi Læssøe & Jalink

Holotype of Chlorogaster dipterocarpi; Danum Valley, Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia. Photo: Thomas Læssøe