Rossbeevera

Rossbeevera is a genus of sequestrate (truffle-like) fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was first published in 2012 under the erroneous name Rosbeeva,^[1] but was corrected to Rossbeevera in the same issue.^[2] The genus was created to contain species formerly placed in Chamonixia, but characterized by having ellipsoid to spindle-shaped spores with 3–5 longitudinal ridges, bluish-green to deep blue fruit body staining reaction, and a thin whitish peridium. The Chinese species R. yunnanensis is the earliest diverging lineage within the genus, and has a close phylogenetic relationship with the bolete genera Turmalinea and Leccinellum.^{[3] [4]}

Rossbeevera
Sectioned Rossbeevera fruit body found in New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Rossbeevera T.Lebel & Orihara (2012)
Type species
Rossbeevera pachyderma (Zeller & C.W.Dodge) T.Lebel (2012)
Species
R. bispora R. eucyanea R. griseobrunnea R. griseovelutina R. mucosa R. vittatispora R. westraliensis R. yunnanensis

The genus name Rossbeevera honours Ross Beever (1946–2010), a New Zealand botanist and mycologist.^[5]

Species

As of April 2023^[update], Index Fungorum lists the following species in Rossbeevera:

Image	Name	Taxon Author	Year
	Rossbeevera bispora	(B.C. Zhang & Y.N. Yu) T. Lebel & Orihara	2012
	Rossbeevera cryptocyanea	Orihara	2016
	Rossbeevera eucyanea	Orihara	2012
	Rossbeevera griseobrunnea	Iqbal Hosen & T.H. Li	2019
	Rossbeevera griseovelutina	Orihara	2012
	Rossbeevera mucosa	(Petri) T. Lebel, Orihara & N. Maek.	2012
	Rossbeevera paracyanea	Orihara	2015
	Rossbeevera vittatispora	(G.W. Beaton, Pegler & T.W.K. Young) T. Lebel	2012
	Rossbeevera westraliensis	T. Lebel, Orihara & N. Maek.	2012
	Rossbeevera yunnanensis	Orihara & M.E. Sm.	2012