Gummivena

Gummivena is a fungal genus in the Mesophelliaceae family.^[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Gummivena potorooi, found in Western Australia. Described as new to science in 2002, Gummivena is intermediate in form between Castoreum and Gummiglobus, and has a gleba with "veins" of gummy tissue and a three-layered peridium. The specific epithet potorooi refers the fact that the fungus is found only in the range of the rare and endangered species Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii).^[2]

Gummivena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hysterangiales
Family:	Mesophelliaceae
Genus:	Gummivena Trappe & Bougher (2002)
Species:	G. potorooi
Binomial name
Gummivena potorooi Trappe & Bougher (2002)
Gummivena is found only in the range of Gilbert's potoroo in Western Australia