Destuntzia

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| taxon = Destuntzia

| authority = Fogel & Trappe (1985)

| type_species = Destuntzia rubra

| type_species_authority = (Harkn.) Fogel & Trappe (1985)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = D. purpurea

D. rubra

D. saylorii

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

References

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Fogel R, Trappe JM |title=Destuntzia a new genus in the Hymenogastraceae (Basidiomycotina) |journal=Mycologia |year=1985 |volume=77 |issue=5 |pages=732–42 |jstor=3793282 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0077/005/0732.htm | doi = 10.2307/3793282 }}

{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=201 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Mujic A, Elliot T, Stephens R, Trappe J, Kristol R, Sublett D, Smith ME |title=Rare but widespread: A systematic revision of the truffle-forming genera Destuntzia and Kjeldsenia and formation of new genus, Hosakaea|journal=Mycologia |year=2024 |volume=116 |issue=1 |pages=148–169 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38064355/ | doi = 10.1080/00275514.2023.2259786 |pmid=38064355 }}

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