Destuntzia

Destuntzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Gomphaceae
Genus:	Destuntzia Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Type species
Destuntzia rubra (Harkn.) Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Species
D. fusca D. rubra D. saylorii D. solstitialis D. subborealis

Destuntzia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Gomphaceae family. The genus contains five species found in North America.^[1] It is named after late American mycologist Daniel Elliot Stuntz.^[2]

References

1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
2. ^ Fogel R, Trappe JM. (1985). "Destuntzia a new genus in the Hymenogastraceae (Basidiomycotina)". Mycologia 77 (5): 732–42. JSTOR 3793282. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0077/005/0732.htm. 

External links

• Destuntzia in Index Fungorum.