Paurocotylis

Paurocotylis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Paurocotylis; Berk. ex Hook. f. (1855)
Type species
	Paurocotylis pila; Berk. (1855)

Paurocotylis is a genus of fungi in the Pyronemataceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Paurocotylis pila, a truffle-like fungus found in Europe and New Zealand.^[1] It was described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in Joseph Dalton Hooker's 1855 publication The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage II, Flora Novae-Zealandiae.^[2]

References

^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 502. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
^ Hooker JD. (1855). The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage II, Flora Novae-Zealandiae. Vol. 2. p. 188.

External links

Paurocotylis in Index Fungorum

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[Kirk2008-1] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 502. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.

[Hooker1855-2] Hooker JD. (1855). The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage II, Flora Novae-Zealandiae. Vol. 2. p. 188.

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