Coll. FLAS-F-65801
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Geomorium nahuelbutense Caiafa, Healy & M.E. Sm., Mycologia, 118 (1): 194 (2025).
Basionym Geomorium nahuelbutense Caiafa, Healy & M.E. Sm., Mycologia, 118 (1): 194 (2025).
Diagnosis Geomorium nahuelbutense can be distinguished from all previously described Geomorium species by its highly convoluted truffle ascoma found in Nothofagaceae forests in South America as well as distinctive morphological features, including ellipsoid ascospores that are 21.5–23.0 × 10–13.0 μm and ornamented with rounded, crowded warts.
Type SGO MES-4048 - holotypus
MycoBank 858996
Literature
Caiafa M.V., Rowe M.A., Healy R., Lemmond B., Nouhra E., Pfister D.H., Sandoval-Leiva P., Furci G., Smith M.E. 2025. Unearthing two new ectomycorrhizal Pezizales truffle species from Nothofagaceae forests in southern South America. Mycologia, 118 (1): 190-204.
Classification: Geomoriaceae, Geomorium
Created on 24/03/2026.
Updated on 24/03/2026.
