Paurocotylis
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| Paurocotylis pila Berk. (1855)
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Paurocotylis is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Paurocotylis pila, a truffle-like fungus found in Europe and New Zealand.[1] It was described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in Joseph Dalton Hooker's 1855 publication The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage II, Flora Novae-Zealandiae.[2]
References[]
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Hooker JD. (1855). The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage II, Flora Novae-Zealandiae. Vol. 2. p. 188.
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- Pyronemataceae
- Taxa described in 1855
- Fungi of Europe
- Fungi of New Zealand
- Monotypic Ascomycota genera
- Truffles (fungi)
- Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley
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