Rhizopogon

noun

Rhi·​zo·​po·​gon

ˌrīzəˈpōˌgän

: a genus of fungi (family Hymenogastraceae) that produce subterranean sporophores resembling tubers with 2-spored to 8-spored basidia in a compact gleba of irregular chambers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from rhiz- + -pogon

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