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Genus of fungi

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

D. purpurea
D. rubra
D. saylorii

Destuntzia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Claustulaceae. The genus contains three species found in North America. It is named after late American mycologist Daniel Elliot Stuntz.

References

  1. ^ Mujic A, Elliot T, Stephens R, Trappe J, Kristol R, Sublett D, Smith ME (2024). "Rare but widespread: A systematic revision of the truffle-forming genera Destuntzia and Kjeldsenia and formation of new genus, Hosakaea". Mycologia. 116 (1): 148–169. doi:10.1080/00275514.2023.2259786. PMID 38064355.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Fogel R, Trappe JM (1985). "Destuntzia a new genus in the Hymenogastraceae (Basidiomycotina)". Mycologia. 77 (5): 732–42. doi:10.2307/3793282. JSTOR 3793282.

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Taxon identifiers
Destuntzia


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