''Trappea'' is a

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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 ...

-like

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in the Trappeaceae family. Species of ''Trappea'' have been found in China, Europe, and North America. The genus was

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by Michael A. Castellano in Mycotaxon vol.38 on page 2 in 1990. The genus name of ''Trappea'' is in honour of James Martin Trappe (born 1931) is an American mycologist and expert in the field of North American

species.

Species

As accepted by

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; * '' Trappea cinnamomea'' * '' Trappea darkeri'' Former species; * ''T. darkeri'' var. ''lazzarii'' = ''Trappea darkeri'' * ''T. phillipsii'' = '' Phallogaster phillipsii'', Phallogastraceae * ''T. pinyonensis'' = '' Phallogaster pinyonensis'', Phallogastraceae

References

External links

* Hysterangiales Agaricomycetes genera {{Agaricomycetes-stub