Destuntzia

Destuntzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Gomphaceae
Genus: Destuntzia
Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Type species
Destuntzia rubra
(Harkn.) Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Species

D. fusca
D. rubra
D. saylorii
D. solstitialis
D. subborealis

Destuntzia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Gomphaceae family. The genus contains five species found in North America.[1] It is named after late American mycologist Daniel Elliot Stuntz.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  2. ^ Fogel R, Trappe JM. (1985). "Destuntzia a new genus in the Hymenogastraceae (Basidiomycotina)". Mycologia 77 (5): 732–42. JSTOR 3793282. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0077/005/0732.htm. 

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