Austroomphaliaster
Monotypic genus of fungi
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Austroomphaliaster is a fungal genus in the family Tricholomataceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Austroomphaliaster nahuelbutensis, also known as the big puma fungus, the species is found in temperate South America.[2] This species lives on Patagonian oak trees, Dombey’s beech trees, and caves.[3] In May 2023, specimens of the formerly lost fungus were found in caves of the Nahuelbuta Mountains in Chile in an expedition by Fungi Foundation and Fundación Nahuelbuta under Re: Wild's search for lost species initiative.[4] Prior to its rediscovery in 2023, the species was only documented in the wild once during the 1980s.
| Austroomphaliaster | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Austroomphaliaster Garrido (1998)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Austroomphaliaster nahuelbutensis Garrido (1998) | |
