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]
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| Genus: | Gummivena Trappe & Bougher (2002)
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| Gummivena potorooi Trappe & Bougher (2002)
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| Gummivena is found only in the range of Gilbert's potoroo in Western Australia | |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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]
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