Gummivena

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| genus = Gummivena

| parent_authority = Trappe & Bougher (2002)

| species = potorooi

| authority = Trappe & Bougher (2002)

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| range_map_caption = Gummivena is found only in the range of Gilbert's potoroo in Western Australia

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Gummivena is a fungal genus in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Gummivena potorooi, found in Western Australia. Described as new to science in 2002, Gummivena is intermediate in form between Castoreum and Gummiglobus, and has a gleba with "veins" of gummy tissue and a three-layered peridium. The specific epithet potorooi refers the fact that the fungus is found only in the range of the rare and endangered species Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii).

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{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk |url-access=limited |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk/page/n306 296] |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Trappe JM, Bougher NL |title=Australasian Sequestrate (truffle-like) Fungi. XI. Gummivena potorooi gen. & sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Mesophelliaceae), with a key to the "gummy" genera and species of the Mesophelliaceae |journal=Australasian Mycologist |year=2002 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=9–11 |url=http://www.australasianmycology.com/pages/pdf/21/1/9.pdf |format=PDF }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Category:Hysterangiales

Category:Monotypic Basidiomycota genera

Category:Truffles (fungi)

Category:Taxa named by James Trappe