''Claustula'' is a fungal

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

in the family

Claustulaceae The Claustulaceae are a family of fungi in the Phallales order. The family contains four genera and ten species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversi ...

. It is

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 "unispec ...

, containing the single truffle-like species ''Claustula fischeri'', described in 1926 and found in New Zealand and

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. In May 2016, it was one of two native New Zealand fungi was added to the

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as endangered.Buchanan, P. & May, T. (2015).
''Claustula fischeri''
2015.

www.iucnredlist.org
. Retrieved on 7 May 2016.

References

External links

* * ''Claustula fischeri'' discussed on RNZ ''Critter of the Week''
2 December 2016
* Phallales Monotypic Basidiomycota genera Fungi of New Zealand Fungi of Australia {{Phallales-stub