Grubisha, Lisa C., James M. Trappe, Adrian R. Beyerle & Dan Wheeler. NATS truffle and truffle-like fungi 12: Rhizopogon ater sp. nov. and R. brunsii sp. nov. (Rhizopogonaceae, Basidiomycota). Mycotaxon 93: 345-353. 2005.

ABSTRACT: Two new species of Rhizopogon are described as R. ater from western Oregon and southwestern Washington and R. brunsii from southern California. R. ater is placed in Rhizopogon subgenus Villosuli and associates with Pseudotsuga menziesii, whereas R. brunsii belongs to Rhizopogon subgenus Amylopogon and associates with two- to five-needle pines in southern California.

KEYWORDS: hypogeous, Boletales, ectomycorrhizal fungi, taxonomy