Castoreum (fungus)
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Family: | Mesophelliaceae |
Genus: | Castoreum Cooke & Massee (1887) |
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Castoreum radicatum Cooke & Massee (1887) | |
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C. camphoratum |
Castoreum is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, circumscribed by English mycologists Mordecai Cubitt Cooke and George Edward Massee in 1887, contains three species found in Australia.
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