HYPOGEOUS FUNGI FROM NORTHERN MEXICO

Explorations in the mountains of Nuevo Le6n, Coahuila, Durango, and Tamaulipas from 1980 to 1985 yielded 24 species of hypogeous fungi, one being Rhizopogon guzmanii sp. nov. and 17 being first reports from Mexico. Twelve genera are represented: Glomus (Zygomycotina); Elaphomyces, Genea, Hydnobolites, Pachyphloeus, and Tuber (Ascomycotina); Gautieria, Hymenogaster, Leucogaster, Melanogaster, Octavianina, and Rhizopogon (Basidiomycotina).