| Aureofungus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Aureofungus Hibbett et al. |
| Species: | †A. yaniguaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Aureofungus yaniguaensis Hibbett et al.
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Aureofungus is an extinct monotypic genus of gilled fungus in the order Agaricales.[1] At present it contains the single species Aureofungus yaniguaensis.
The genus is solely known from the early Miocene, Burdigalian stage, Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[1][2] Aureofungus is one of only four known agarics fungus species known in the fossil record and the third to be described from Dominican amber.[1]
- ^ a b c Hibbett, D.S.; et al. (2003). "Another Fossil Agaric from Dominican Amber". Mycologia. 95 (4): 685–687. doi:10.2307/3761943. JSTOR 3761943. PMID 21148976.
- ^ Iturralde-Vinent, M.A.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (1996). "Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber". Science. 273 (5283): 1850–1852. Bibcode:1996Sci...273.1850I. doi:10.1126/science.273.5283.1850. S2CID 129754021.
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