Terracavicola echinospora

Coll. FLAS 63750
Coll. FLAS 63750
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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.

Distribution

Collections List

[US] Boolder Creek
 
20/03/2015, leg. P. & C. Coach
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Source: Mushroom Observer
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