Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Genus Destuntzia Order Phallales | Division Basidiomycota Family Gomphaceae Rank Species | |
Similar Gautieria, Gomphus, Rhizopogon, Ramaria | ||
Destuntzia rubra is a species of truffle-like fungus in the family Gomphaceae, and the type species of the genus Destuntzia. The fungus was first described scientifically in 1899 by H. W. Harkness as Hymenogaster ruber. Robert Fogel and James Trappe transferred it to Destuntzia in 1985.
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