Gummivena

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Gummivena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hysterangiales
Family: Mesophelliaceae
Genus: Gummivena
Trappe & Bougher (2002)
Species:
G. potorooi
Binomial name
Gummivena potorooi
Trappe & Bougher (2002)
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Gummivena is found only in the range of Gilbert's potoroo in Western Australia

Gummivena is a fungal genus in the Mesophelliaceae family. [1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Gummivena potorooi, found in Western Australia. Described as new to science in 2002, Gummivena is intermediate in form between Castoreum and Gummiglobus , and has a gleba with "veins" of gummy tissue and a three-layered peridium. The specific epithet potorooi refers the fact that the fungus is found only in the range of the rare and endangered species Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii). [2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p.  296. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Trappe JM, Bougher NL (2002). "Australasian Sequestrate (truffle-like) Fungi. XI. Gummivena potorooi gen. & sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Mesophelliaceae), with a key to the "gummy" genera and species of the Mesophelliaceae" (PDF). Australasian Mycologist. 21 (1): 9–11.[ permanent dead link ]