Gastrosporium

Gastrosporium
Gastrosporium simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Division:
Class:
Order:
Phallales
Family:
Gastrosporiaceae

Pilát (1934)
Genus:
Gastrosporium

Mattir. (1903)
Type species
Gastrosporium simplex
Mattir. (1903)
Species

G. asiaticum
G. simplex

Synonyms

Leucorhizon Velen. (1925)

Gastrosporium is the sole genus in the fungal family Gastrosporiaceae. It contains two truffle-like species, the type G. simplex, and G. asiaticum. Both the family and genus were circumscribed by Italian mycologist Oreste Mattirolo in 1903.

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