''Paradoxa'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

truffle A truffle is the Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a subterranean ascomycete fungus, one of the species of the genus ''Tuber (fungus), Tuber''. More than one hundred other genera of fungi are classified as truffles including ''Geopora'', ''P ...

s in the family Tuberaceae. Originally described by the Italian botanist Oreste Mattirolo in 1935, the genus remained

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

until a second species '' P. gigantospora'' was transferred from ''

Tuber Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots. Tubers help plants perennate (survive winter or dry months), provide energy and nutrients, and are a means of asexual reproduc ...

'' in 2009. A third species, ''P. sinensis'', was also described, representing the second species from China. ''P. sinensis'' differs from ''P. gigantospora'' by having a somewhat smaller fruit body, and differs from ''P. monospora'' by having yellowish to yellow-brown ascomata.

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* Pezizales Truffles (fungi) Pezizales genera {{Pezizomycetes-stub