Nothocastoreum

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| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Basidiomycota

| classis = Agaricomycetes

| ordo = Hysterangiales

| familia = Mesophelliaceae

| genus = Nothocastoreum

| genus_authority = G.W.Beaton (1984)

| type_species = Nothocastoreum cretaceum

| type_species_authority = (Lloyd) G.W.Beaton (1984)

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Diploderma cretaceum Lloyd (1921)

Castoreum cretaceum (Lloyd) G.Cunn. (1932)

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Nothocastoreum is a fungal genus in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Nothocastoreum cretaceum, found in Australia.

References

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Beaton G, Weste G |title=Victorian hypogaean Gasteromycetes: Mesophelliaceae |journal=Transactions of the British Mycological Society |year=1984 |volume=82 |issue=4 |pages=665–75 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59351/0082/004/0665.htm |doi=10.1016/s0007-1536(84)80107-2|url-access=subscription }}

{{cite journal |author=Cuningham GH. |title=Gasteromycetes of Australasia. XV. The genera Mesophellia and Castoreum |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |year=1932 |volume=57 |pages=313–22}}

{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=473 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

{{cite journal |author=Lloyd CG. |title=Mycological Notes 65 |journal=Mycological Writings |year=1921 |volume=6 |issue=65 |pages=1029–101 }}

{{cite web |title=Nothocastoreum cretaceum (Lloyd) G.W. Beaton 1984 |url=http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=107061 |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |access-date=2011-11-20}}

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External links

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Category:Fungi of Australia

Category:Hysterangiales

Category:Monotypic Basidiomycota genera

Category:Truffles (fungi)