Gummivena
Gummivena is a fungal genus in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Gummivena potorooi, found in Western Australia. Described as new to science in 2002, Gummivena is intermediate in form between Castoreum and Gummiglobus, and has a gleba with "veins" of gummy tissue and a three-layered peridium. The specific epithet potorooi refers the fact that the fungus is found only in the range of the rare and endangered species Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii).
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| Genus: | Gummivena Trappe & Bougher (2002) |
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| Gummivena potorooi Trappe & Bougher (2002) | |
| Gummivena is found only in the range of Gilbert's potoroo in Western Australia | |
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