New Zealand Truffle

Paurocotylis pila Berk.

A species in the family Pyronemataceae, order Pezizales. Recorded under 5 common names across 3 languages.

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Classification

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Paurocotylis

What it is called

English: New Zealand Truffle, Scarlet Berry Truffle
Scottish Gaelic: balg-losgainn Sealain Nuadh, balgan-losgainn Sealain Nuadh
Welsh: Cloren Goch

Others in Paurocotylis

Paurocotylis bynumii Paurocotylis echinosperma Paurocotylis niveus Paurocotylis patagonica Paurocotylis prima Paurocotylis singeri Paurocotylis watlingii

Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).

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