# Gummivena

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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =
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| genus = Gummivena
| parent_authority = [Trappe](/source/James_Trappe) & Bougher (2002)
| species = potorooi
| authority = [Trappe](/source/James_Trappe) & Bougher (2002)
| range_map = Gilbert's Potoroo area.png
| range_map_caption = ''Gummivena'' is found only in the range of [Gilbert's potoroo](/source/Gilbert's_potoroo) in Western Australia
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'''''Gummivena''''' is a fungal [genus](/source/genus) in the [Mesophelliaceae](/source/Mesophelliaceae) family.<ref name=Kirk2008/> The genus is [monotypic](/source/monotypic), containing the single [truffle](/source/truffle)-like species '''''Gummivena potorooi''''', found in [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia). Described as new to science in 2002, ''Gummivena'' is intermediate in form between ''[Castoreum](/source/Castoreum_(fungus))'' and ''[Gummiglobus](/source/Gummiglobus)'', and has a [gleba](/source/gleba) with "veins" of gummy tissue and a three-layered [peridium](/source/peridium). The [specific epithet](/source/specific_name_(botany)) ''potorooi'' refers the fact that the fungus is found only in the range of the rare and endangered species [Gilbert's potoroo](/source/Gilbert's_potoroo) (''Potorous gilbertii'').<ref name=Trappe2002/>

==References==
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<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk |url-access=limited |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk/page/n306 296] |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>

<ref name=Trappe2002>{{cite journal |vauthors=Trappe JM, Bougher NL |title=Australasian Sequestrate (truffle-like) Fungi. XI. ''Gummivena potorooi'' gen. & sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Mesophelliaceae), with a key to the "gummy" genera and species of the Mesophelliaceae |journal=Australasian Mycologist |year=2002 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=9–11 |url=http://www.australasianmycology.com/pages/pdf/21/1/9.pdf |format=PDF }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{IndexFungorum|28590}}

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Category:Hysterangiales
Category:Monotypic Basidiomycota genera
Category:Truffles (fungi)
Category:Taxa named by James Trappe

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