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Genera of TRUFFLE-LIKE FUNGI

Description: Fungi with fleshy, enclosed fruiting bodies, often buried or partially buried. Pouch Fungi without stalks. Many species are ectomycorrhizal. Although the true truffles are ascomycete fungi, most New Zealand representatives in this group are basidiomycetes, realted to the mushrooms.

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 Austrogautieria  
 Chamonixia  
 Claustula  
 Descomyces  
 Gallacea  
 Gigasperma  
 Gymnomyces  
 Hydnangium  
 Hymenogaster  
 Hysterangium  
 Malajczukia
 Mesophellia  
 Nivatogastrium  
 Octaviania  
 Paurocotylis  
 Phallobata  
 Protubera  
 Richoniella  
 Timgrovea  
 Zelleromyces