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Gautieria monticola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gomphales
Family:	Gomphaceae
Genus:	Gautieria
Species:	G. monticola
Binomial name
Gautieria monticola Harkn. (1884)

Gautieria monticolaMycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is edible

Gautieria monticola is a species of hypogeal fungus in the family Gomphaceae. It was described as new to science in 1884 by American mycologist Harvey Willson Harkness. It is nonpoisonous, but smells strongly of sour milk.

References

1. Harkness HW. (1884). "New species of California fungi". Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences. 1: 29–47 (see p. 30).
2. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

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