Paurocotylis pila Berk.
(New Zealand Truffle, Scarlet Berry Truffle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPaurocotylis pila (New Zealand Truffle, Scarlet Berry Truffle)
FamilyPYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Barker & Watling 1993 Profiles of Fungi No. 49: Paurocotylis pila Berk. Mycologist Vol 07 (1): 14.
Eggerling, T.W. 2004 Paurotylis pila Field Mycology Vol 5 (2): 41-42.
Hazlehurst, J.Y., Hodgson, B., Kibby, G., Smith, J. & Strong, R. 2008 Readers’ Finds (Jan 2008) Field Mycology Vol 9 (1): 24-27.

Paurocotylis pila (New Zealand Truffle, Scarlet Berry Truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Paurocotylis pila (New Zealand Truffle, Scarlet Berry Truffle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Paurocotylis pila (New Zealand Truffle, Scarlet Berry Truffle)
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