Genus: Artomyces

Artomyces — genus of fungi of family Auriscalpiaceae.

Etymology

Artomyces m, Artomyces. From άρτος (artos) m, bread (especially wheat) + μύκης, ητος (mykēs, ētos) m, fungus [Saccardo, P.A. Sylloge Fungorum V: 251 (1887)].

Type species

Artomyces pyxidatus (Pers.) Jülich, Biblthca Mycol. 85: 399 (1982) [1981]