Geopora is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of truffle-like fungi in the family Pyronemataceae

Pyronemataceae

The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera and approximately 500 species...

, currently with 13 described species. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Harvey Willson Harkness in 1885. Molecular phylogenetic reconstructions indicate that the cup-like apothecial Geopora should better be placed back in a separate genus, Sepultaria. Geopora would then only comprise Geopora cooperi and its close relatives.

Species

Species include:

• Geopora arenicola
  Geopora arenicola
  Geopora arenicola is a species of fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. It is an uncommon European species.This fungus forms a rounded ascocarp underground on sandy loam soils. This fruiting body remains subterranean for most of the year but breaks the surface in the spring to form a...
  
  
• Geopora arenosa
• Geopora cercocarpi
• Geopora cervina
• Geopora cooperi
  Geopora cooperi
  Geopora cooperi is a species of fungus in the family Pyronemataceae. It was first described by American mycologist Harvey Willson Harkness in 1885....
  
  
• Geopora foliacea
• Geopora sepulta
  Geopora sepulta
  Geopora sepulta is a species of fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. It is an uncommon European species. The first accepted record for Britain was a specimen collected in Kent in 1995....
  
  
• Geopora sumneriana
  Geopora sumneriana
  Geopora sumneriana is a species of European fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae.This fungus forms a rounded brown, roughly hairy ascocarp underground. This fruiting body remains subterranean for most of the year but breaks the surface in the spring to form a cream-coloured cup up to 7 cm...
  
  
• Geopora tenuis