Nothocastoreum

Nothocastoreum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hysterangiales
Family:	Mesophelliaceae
Genus:	Nothocastoreum G.W.Beaton (1984)
Type species
Nothocastoreum cretaceum (Lloyd) G.W.Beaton (1984)
Synonyms[3]
Diploderma cretaceum Lloyd (1921)[1] Castoreum cretaceum (Lloyd) G.Cunn. (1932)[2]

Nothocastoreum is a fungal genus in the Mesophelliaceae family.^[4] The genus is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Nothocastoreum cretaceum, found in Australia.^[5]

References

1. ^ Lloyd CG. (1921). "Mycological Notes 65". Mycological Writings 6 (65): 1029–101. 
2. ^ Cuningham GH. (1932). "Gasteromycetes of Australasia. XV. The genera Mesophellia and Castoreum". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57: 313–22. 
3. ^ "Nothocastoreum cretaceum (Lloyd) G.W. Beaton 1984". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=107061. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
4. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 473. ISBN 9780851998268. 
5. ^ Beaton G, Weste G. (1984). "Victorian hypogaean Gasteromycetes: Mesophelliaceae". Transactions of the British Mycological Society 82 (4): 665–75. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59351/0082/004/0665.htm. 

External links

• Nothocastoreum in Index Fungorum.