Paradoxa (fungus)

Paradoxa is a genus of truffles in the family Tuberaceae.^[1] Originally described by the Italian botanist Oreste Mattirolo in 1935,^[2] the genus remained monotypic until a second species P. gigantospora was transferred from Tuber in 2009.^[3] A third species, P. sinensis, was also described, representing the second species from China. P. sinensis differs from P. gigantospora by having a somewhat smaller fruit body, and differs from P. monospora by having yellowish to yellow-brown ascomata.^[4]

Paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Tuberaceae
Genus:	Paradoxa Mattir. (1935)
Type species
Paradoxa monospora Mattir. (1935)
Species
P. gigantospora P. monospora P. sinensis