Austroomphaliaster
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Austroomphaliaster is a fungal genus in the family Tricholomataceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Austroomphaliaster nahuelbutensis, also known as the big puma fungus, the species is found in temperate South America.[1] This species lives on Patagonian oak trees, Dombey’s beech trees, and caves.[2] In May 2023, specimens of the formerly lost fungus were found in caves of the Nahuelbuta Mountains in Chile in an expedition by Fungi Foundation and Fundación Nahuelbuta under Re: Wild's search for lost species initiative.[3] Prior to its rediscovery in 2023, the species was only documented in the wild once during the 1980s.
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