Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Rank Genus | Division Basidiomycota Scientific name Castoreum | |
Similar Gallacea, Hysterangiales, Protubera, Zelleromyces, Hysterangium | ||
Castoreum is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, circumscribed by English mycologists Mordecai Cubitt Cooke and George Edward Massee in 1887, contains three species found in Australia.
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