Destuntzia rubra

Destuntzia rubra is a species of truffle-like fungus in the family Claustulaceae,^[3] and the type species of the genus Destuntzia. The fungus was first described scientifically in 1899 by H. W. Harkness as Hymenogaster ruber. Robert Fogel and James Trappe transferred it to Destuntzia in 1985.^[4]

Destuntzia rubra
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Claustulaceae
Genus:	Destuntzia
Species:	D. rubra
Binomial name
Destuntzia rubra (Harkn.) Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Synonyms
Hymenogaster ruber Harkn. (1899)

The fruiting body is up to 4 centimetres (1+1⁄2 in) broad. It is white when young and stains reddish in age.^[5] It grows in woods, often with Douglas-fir.^[5]