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Octaviania

Notes

Truffle-like, ectomycorrhizal fungi. Lacking a columella, attached to substrate by basal rhizomorphs, spores globose with robust, isolated spore ornamentation, which does not show an iodine reaction. O. tasmanica turns red when bruised.
Two New Zealand species.

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 Octaviania hinsbyi  
 Octaviania plena  
 Octaviania tasmanica