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Definition of Rhizopogon

1. Noun. A genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhizopogon

Literary usage of Rhizopogon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George Massee (1892)
"Rhizopogon rubescens. Tul. (fig. 3, p. 11.) Irregularly ovate or globose, with long, slender, ... Rhizopogon luteolus. Tul. Globose or elongated, white, ..."

2. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by Worthington George Smith (1908)
"Rhizopogon Fr. (From the tuberous growth with the attached fibres; Gr. rhiza, a root, pogon, a beard. ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1897)
"Rhizopogon Tul. Rhizopogon TUL., Fungi Hypo., p. 85, Tab. I, fig. 5, Tab. ... Rhizopogon aurantius, sp. nov. Subglobose, 2 cm. in diam., color dirty white; ..."

4. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"This order contains a few subterranean genera, most of which are Californian and none of which are common eastward except a single species of Rhizopogon ..."

5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1846)
"... Vitt., of which authentic specimens have been kindly communicated, is probably also the same species, as is also the case with Rhizopogon luteolus and ..."

6. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Species of Rhizopogon (Gasteromycetes) develop under ground tuberous bodies, externally similar to those of Scleroderma. They have a membranous or leathery ..."

7. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"... and Rhizopogon spp.)- The Japanese species grow in the presence of Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora). ln North America, Native American uses of ..."

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