Coll. FLAS 63750 © M. Castellano | | | | | |
Terracavicola echinospora A. Grupe, Kraisit., Guevara & M.E. Sm., Ascomycete.org, 11 (2): 41 (2019).
Basionym Terracavicola echinospora A. Grupe, Kraisit., Guevara & M.E. Sm., Ascomycete.org, 11 (2): 41 (2019).
Diagnosis A hypogeous, creamy-tan to light brown truffle-like ascoma with a roughened peridium that is covered by copious brown hairs (setae) that are branched and textured microscopically, the presence of a weak epithecium which covers the hymenium and prevents active discharge of the ascospores, ascospores that are weakly spinose, and unique iTs and 28s dnA sequences.
Type ex Trappe 19275, FLAS 63750 - holotypus
MycoBank 828995
Literature
Grupe II A.C., Kraisitudomsook N., Healy R., Zelmanovich D., Anderson C., Guevara G., Trappe J., Smith M.E. 2019. A new species and a new combination of truffle-like fungi in the Geopora-Tricharina lineage from North America: Terracavicola echinospora gen. et sp. nov. and Geopora lateritia comb. nov. Ascomycete.org, 11 (2): 37-47.
Classification: Pyronemataceae, Terracavicola
Created on 09/04/2019.
Updated on 11/08/2023.