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Dingleya

Dingleya is a genus of truffles in the Tuberaceae family. The genus contains seven species found in Australia. Circumscribed by James Trappe in 1979, the genus is named after New Zealand mycologist Joan Dingley.

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Dingleya
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Tuberaceae
Genus: Dingleya
Trappe (1979)
Type species
Dingleya verrucosa
Trappe (1979)
Species

D. geometrica
D. phymatodea
D. tectiascus
D. tessellata
D. turbinata
D. verrucosa

Dingleya is a genus of truffles in the Tuberaceae family. The genus contains seven species found in Australia.1 Circumscribed by James Trappe in 1979, the genus is named after New Zealand mycologist Joan Dingley.2

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References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Trappe JM. (1979). "The orders, families, and genera of hypogeous Ascomycotina (truffles and their relatives)". Mycotaxon. 9 (1): 297–340.
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