Terfezia arenaria

Coll. 2007-04-05
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Coll. PR 5368
© P. Roux

Coll. 2013-05-04
See also: Hongos hipogeos
© P.M. Pasaban

Terfezia arenaria (Moris) Trappe, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 57 (1): 90 (1971).

Basionym Tuber arenaria Moris, Stirp. sard. elench., 3: 22 (1829).

Diagnosis Tuber arenarium Nob.
T. arhizon, subglobosum, solidum, inodorum, extus nigrescens laeviusculum, intus albidum demum flavescens, venosum.
Edule: vulgo Tuvara de arena: copiosissime provenit martio, aprili sub terra arenosa maritima Terralba, Oristano, Sorso, etc. Species a caeteris odore omnino nullo, aliisque memoratis notis diversa. Quae exteriori ejus superficiei propior est caro, tenuissimas arenae moleculas referre solet.

Type ???

Synonyms
Choiromyces leonis Tul. & C. Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 350 (1845); Rhizopogon leonis (Tul. & C. Tul.) Payer, Bot. Crypt.: 100 (1850); Terfezia leonis (Tul. & C. Tul.) Tul. & C. Tul., Fungi Hypogaei: 173 (1851); Tulasneinia leonis (Tul. & C. Tul.) Zobel, in Corda, Icon. fung., 6: 64 (1854).

MycoBank 324472

Literature

Barseghyan G.S., Wasser S.P. 2010. Species diversity of hypogeous Ascomycetes in Israel. Mycobiology, 38 (3): 159-165.
Díez J., Manjón J. L., Martin F. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the mycorrhizal desert truffles (Terfezia and Tirmania), host specificity and edaphic tolerance. Mycologia, 94 (2): 247-259.
Fortas Z., Chevalier G. 1992. Caractéristiques de la germination des ascospores de Terfezia arenaria (Moris) Trappe, récolté en Algérie. Cryptogamie Mycologie, 13 (1): 21-29.
Khabar L., Najim L. & al. 1994. L'ascocarpe de Terfezia leonis Tul. (Discomycètes, Tubérales). Cryptogamie Mycologie, 15 (3): 187-206.
Kovács G.M., Balázs T.K., Calonge F.D., Martín M.P. 2011. The diversity of Terfezia desert truffles: new species and a highly variable species complex with intrasporocarpic nrDNA ITS heterogeneity. Mycologia, 103 (4): 841-853.
Pacioni G., El-Kholy H. 1994. Tartufi del deserto egiziano. Micologia e Vegetazione Mediterranea, 9 (2): 69-84.
Trappe J.M. 1971. A synopsis of the Carbomycetaceae and Terfeziaceae (Tuberales). Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 57 (1): 85-92.
Tulasne L.R., Tulasne C. 1845. De Gen. Choiromycete et Picoa e Tuberacearum familia. Annales des sciences naturelles, Botanique, sér. 3, 3: 348-352.
Tulasne L.R., Tulasne C. 1851. Fungi Hypogaei.

Classification: Pezizaceae, Terfezia

Created on 18/04/2016.

Updated on 07/08/2023.

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Terfezia arenaria

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