Gummiglobus

Gummiglobus is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family.[1] The genus contains Australian two species described as new to science in 1996. The species, G. agglutinosporus and G. joyceae, "have columellae with wedge-shaped to digitate or strand-like projections that extend to the endocutis of the peridium and are embedded in a remarkable gummy tissue".[2]

Gummiglobus
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Gummiglobus

Trappe, Castellano & Amar. (1996)
Type species
Gummiglobus joyceae
Trappe, Castellano & Amar. (1996)
Species

G. agglutinosporus
G. joyceae

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, Casterllano MA, Amaranthus MP (1996). "Australasian truffle-like fungi. VIII. Gummiglobus and Andebbia gen. nov. (Basidiomycotina, Mesophelliaceae) and a supplement to the nomenclatural bibliography of Basidiomycotina". Australian Systematic Botany. 9 (5): 803–11. doi:10.1071/SB9960803.


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