Chamonixia ambigua
Brittonia 11: 220. 1959.
Common Name: none
Synonym: Arcangeliella ambigua (Zeller & C. W. Dodge)
For description see Smith & Singer & 'California Mushrooms'.
Solitary to scattered to gregarious; hypogeous under live oak.; coastal California; uncommon.
Unknown.
Chamonixia ambigua is a sequestrate member of the Boletales. The North American Chamonixia species that have been sequenced are closely related to Leccinum.
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Smith, A.H. & Singer, R. (1959). Studies on Secotiaceous Fungi IV. Gastroboletus, Truncocolumella, and Chamonixia. Brittonia 11: 205-223. (PDF)
Zeller, S.M. & Dodge, C.W. (1935). New species of Hydnangiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 365-373. (PDF)