Nothocastoreum
Genus of fungi
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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]
| 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[1] | |
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Diploderma cretaceum Lloyd (1921)[2] | |