Claustula
Claustula is a fungal genus in the family Claustulaceae.[2] It is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Claustula fischeri, described in 1926 and found in New Zealand and Tasmania.[3][4] In May 2016, it was one of two native New Zealand fungi was added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as endangered.[1][5]
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| Genus: | Claustula K.M.Curtis (1926) |
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| Claustula fischeri K.M.Curtis (1926) | |
References
- Buchanan, P. & May, T. (2015). Claustula fischeri. 2015. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 7 May 2016.
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Curtis KM. (1926). "The morphology of Claustula fischeri gen. et sp.nov. A new genus of phalloid affinity". Annals of Botany. 40 (2): 471–7. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a090029.
- Mills AK, May TW, Fuhrer BA, Ratkowsky DA, Ratkowsky AV (1997). "Clastula: The forgotten phalloid". Mycologist. 11 (1): 31–5. doi:10.1016/S0269-915X(97)80067-5.
- Chinn, Anna (7 May 2016). "Two native mushrooms now endangered". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
External links
Data related to Claustula at Wikispecies- Claustula fischeri discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 2 December 2016.
- "Claustula K.M.Curtis". Atlas of Living Australia.
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