Claustula
| Claustula | |
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| File:Claustula fischeri.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Phallales |
| Family: | Claustulaceae |
| Genus: | Claustula K.M.Curtis (1926)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Claustula fischeri K.M.Curtis (1926)[1]
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Claustula is a fungal genus in the family Claustulaceae. It is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Claustula fischeri, described in 1926 and found in New Zealand and Tasmania. In May 2016, it was one of two native New Zealand fungi added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as endangered.
Taxonomy and etymology
[edit | edit source]Claustula is a fungal genus in the family Claustulaceae.[3] It is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Claustula fischeri K.M.Curtis, which was described in 1926 by New Zealand botanist and mycologist Kathleen Curtis.[1] The first specimens were found and collected by Curtis in 1923 near Nelson, and the holotype is housed at the USDA United States National Fungus Collections (BPI).[4][5][6]
The species epithet fischeri honours Swiss mycologist Eduard Fischer, whose studies included genera and species in the order Phallales, which is the order to which Claustula belongs.[7]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]Claustula fischeri is native to New Zealand and Tasmania.[1][8] It is found on the ground in wet native forest (Eucalyptus, Nothofagus, Leptopsermum or Kunzea) and often appears in autumn.[4][9][10]
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]In May 2016, it was one of two native New Zealand fungi added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as endangered.[2][11] In New Zealand, it is considered to be Threatened - Nationally Critical under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[12]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Claustula at Wikispecies
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- Claustula fischeri discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 2 December 2016 and 8 March 2024
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