Artomyces

Artomyces
Artomyces pyxidatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Auriscalpiaceae
Genus:	Artomyces Jülich (1982)
Type species
Artomyces pyxidatus (Pers.) Jülich (1982)

Artomyces is a genus of coral fungi in the family Auriscalpiaceae. It was circumscribed by Walter Jülich in 1982, who set Artomyces pyxidatus (formerly Clavaria pyxidata Pers. 1794) as the type species.^[1]

Species

• Artomyces adrienneae Lickey 2003 – Chile, Argentina
• Artomyces austropiperatus Lickey 2003 – Argentina
• Artomyces candelabrus (Massee) Jülich 1982
• Artomyces carolinensis Lickey 2003 – North Carolina
• Artomyces colensoi (Berk.) Jülich 1982 – Australia, New Zealand
• Artomyces costaricensis Lickey 2003 – Costa Rica
• Artomyces cristatus (Kauffman) Jülich 1982
• Artomyces dichotomus (Corner) Jülich 1982
• Artomyces microsporus (Qiu X.Wu & R.H.Petersen) Lickey 2003
• Artomyces nothofagi M.E.Sm. & Kneal 2015– Chile^[2]
• Artomyces novae-zelandiae Lickey 2003 – New Zealand
• Artomyces piperatus (Kauffman) Jülich 1982
• Artomyces pyxidatus (Pers.) Jülich 1982
• Artomyces stephenii Lickey 2003 – Costa Rica
• Artomyces tasmaniensis Lickey 2003 – Tasmania
• Artomyces turgidus (Lév.) Jülich 1982

References

1. Jülich W. (1981). Higher taxa of Basidiomycetes. Bibliotheca Mycologica. Vol. 85. p. 395.
2. Kneal R, Smith ME. (2015). "Artomyces nothofagi sp. nov., a clavarioid fungus from a Chilean Nothofagus forest". Mycotaxon. 130 (3): 653–660. doi:10.5248/130.653.