Destuntzia rubra

Destuntzia rubra
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Claustulaceae
Genus:	Destuntzia
Binomial name
	Destuntzia rubra; (Harkn.) Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Synonyms
	Hymenogaster ruber Harkn. (1899);

Destuntzia rubra is a species of truffle-like fungus in the family Claustulaceae, and the type species of the genus Destuntzia. The fungus was first described scientifically in 1899 by H. W. Harkness as Hymenogaster ruber. Robert Fogel and James Trappe transferred it to Destuntzia in 1985.

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