Category
page 1Taxa named by James Trappe
Acaulospora
Acaulospora is a genus of fungi in the family Acaulosporaceae. Species in this genus are widespread in distribution, and form arbuscular mycorrhiza and vesicles in roots.
Amylascus
Amylascus is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Pezizaceae family. The genus, which contains two species found in Australasia, was circumscribed by mycologist James Trappe in 1971.
Cortinarius vanduzerensis
species of fungus
Horakiella
Horakiella is a genus of fungi within the Sclerodermataceae family that contains the two species H. clelandii and H. watarrkana.
Mycoamaranthus
Mycoamaranthus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus contains three species, found in Australasia, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Dingleya
Dingleya is a genus of truffles in the Tuberaceae family. The genus contains seven species found in Australia. Circumscribed by James Trappe in 1979, the genus is named after New Zealand mycologist Joan Dingley.
Gastroboletus xerocomoides
species of fungus
Gummiglobus
Gummiglobus is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus contains two Australian species described as new to science in 1996. The species, G. agglutinosporus and G. joyceae, "have columellae with wedge-shaped to digitate or strand-like projections that extend to the endocutis of the peridium and are embedded in a remarkable gummy tissue".
Destuntzia
Destuntzia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Claustulaceae. The genus contains three species found in North America. It is named after late American mycologist Daniel Elliot Stuntz.
Austrogautieria
Austrogautieria is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Gallaceaceae. Segregated from the genus Gautieria in 1986, the genus contains six species found in Australia.