Geopora is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Pyronemataceae, currently with 13 described species.[2] The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Harvey Willson Harkness in 1885.[3] Molecular phylogenetic reconstructions indicate that the cup-like apothecial Geopora should better be placed back in a separate genus, Sepultaria.[4] Geopora would then only comprise Geopora cooperi and its close relatives.
Geopora | |
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Geopora cooperi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Pezizomycetes |
Order: | Pezizales |
Family: | Pyronemataceae |
Genus: | Geopora Harkn. (1885) |
Type species | |
Geopora cooperi Harkn. (1885)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Peziza subgen. Sepultaria Cooke (1879) |
Species include: