Royoungia Explained

Royoungia is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. This genus is represented by the type species Royoungia boletoides, which was found in Australia. In 2016, 5 more species were found in China.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Michael Angelo Castellano, James Martin 'Jim' Trappe and Nicholas Malajczuk in Austral. Syst. Bot. vol.5 (5) on page 614 in 1992.

The genus name of Royoungia is in honour of Roy Young, who was a plant collector of subterranean growing fungi. In 1988 he joined an Expedition inQueensland, Australia.^[2]

This genus is characterized by the boletoid or gasteroid basidiomata.^[1]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Royoungia boletoides
• Royoungia coccineinana
• Royoungia grisea
• Royoungia palumana
• Royoungia reticulata
• Royoungia rubina

Notes and References

1. Book: Li . YC. . Yang . Z.L. . Royoungia Castellano, Trappe & Malajczuk. In: The Boletes of China: Tylopilus . 2021 . Springer . Singapore.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Royoungia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 27 October 2022.