Destuntzia

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Destuntzia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Claustulaceae
Genus: Destuntzia
Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Type species
Destuntzia rubra
(Harkn.) Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Species

D. purpurea
D. rubra
D. saylorii

Destuntzia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Claustulaceae.[1] The genus contains three species found in North America.[2][1] It is named after late American mycologist Daniel Elliot Stuntz.[3]

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