Coll. Y.K. #275 © Y. Kawasaki | | | | | |
Tuber japonicum H. Sasaki, A. Kinosh. & Nara, Mycoscience, 57 (5): 367 (2016).
Basionym Tuber japonicum H. Sasaki, A. Kinosh. & Nara, Mycoscience, 57 (5): 367 (2016).
Diagnosis Ascomata subglobose or lobed, firm, whitish to pale yellow, 10–40 mm in diam. Peridium smooth, two layers, the outer layer pseudoparenchymatous and composed of irregular cells, the inner layer composed of interwoven hyphae. Gleba whitish to pale yellow marbled with white sterile veins. Asci (1–) 2(–3)-spored, 75–133 × 47–106 µm, spindle-to obovate-shaped. Ascospores globose, whitish to yellow, 25–50 µm in diam excluding reticulate ornamentation.
Type TFM: S16001 - holotypus
MycoBank 815829
Literature
Kinoshita A., Sasaki H., Nara K. 2016. Two new truffle species, Tuber japonicum and Tuber flavidosporum spp. nov. found from Japan. Mycoscience, 57 (5): 366-373.
Classification: Tuberaceae, Tuber
Created on 15/08/2017.
Updated on 07/08/2023.