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Mesophellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Division:
Class:
Order:
Hysterangiales
Family:
Mesophelliaceae
Genus:
Mesophellia

Berk. (1857)
Type species
Mesophellia arenaria
Berk. (1857)
Species

~15, see text

Synonyms

Potoromyces Müll. bis ex Hollós (1902)

Mesophellia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus contains about 15 species that are found in Australia. Mesophellia was circumscribed by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1857.

Species

  • Mesophellia angustispora
  • Mesophellia arenaria
  • Mesophellia brevispora
  • Mesophellia castanea
  • Mesophellia clelandii
  • Mesophellia glareoides
  • Mesophellia glauca
  • Mesophellia labyrinthina
  • Mesophellia oleifera
  • Mesophellia pallidospora
  • Mesophellia parva
  • Mesophellia parvispora
  • Mesophellia rava
  • Mesophellia rodwayi
  • Mesophellia sabulosa
  • Mesophellia trabalis
  • Mesophellia tropica
  • Mesophellia westresii
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