Paradoxa (fungus)

Paradoxa is a genus of truffles in the family Tuberaceae.[1] Originally described by the Italian botanist Oreste Mattirolo in 1935,[2] the genus remained monotypic until a second species P. gigantospora was transferred from Tuber in 2009.[3] A third species, P. sinensis, was also described, representing the second species from China. P. sinensis differs from P. gigantospora by having a somewhat smaller fruit body, and differs from P. monospora by having yellowish to yellow-brown ascomata.[4]

Paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Tuberaceae
Genus:
Paradoxa

Mattir. (1935)
Type species
Paradoxa monospora
Mattir. (1935)
Species
  • P. gigantospora
  • P. monospora
  • P. sinensis

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Mattirolo O. (1935). "Catalogo ragionato dei funghi ipogei raccolti nel Canton Ticino e nelle provincie Italiane confinanti". Beiträge zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz (in Italian). 8 (2): 1–53.
  3. Wang Y, Hu HT (2008). "Paradoxa gigantospora comb. nov. from China". Mycotaxon. 106: 199–202.
  4. Fan L, Cao J-Z, Li Y (2012). "Tuber microsphaerosporum and Paradoxa sinensis spp. nov". Mycotaxon. 120: 471–5. doi:10.5248/120.471.


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