| Castoreum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hysterangiales |
| Family: | Mesophelliaceae |
| Genus: |
Castoreum Cooke & Massee (1887) |
| Type species | |
|
Castoreum radicatum Cooke & Massee (1887) |
|
| Species | |
C. camphoratum
C. radicatum
C. tasmanicum
Castoreum is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family. The genus, circumscribed by English mycologists Mordecai Cubitt Cooke and George Edward Massee in 1887, contains three species found in Australia.