Biology:Choiromyces

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Choiromyces
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Choiromyces maeandriformis
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Choiromyces

Vittad. (1831)
Type species
Choiromyces meandriformis
Vittad. (1831)
Species

C. aboriginum
C. alveolatus
C. cookei
C. meandriformis
C. tetrasporus

Synonyms[1]

Tuber sect. Tartufa Gray (1821)
Zobelia Opiz (1855)
Choeromyces Tul. & C.Tul. (1862)
Tartufa (Gray) Kuntze (1891)
Piersonia Harkn. (1899)

Choiromyces is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Tuberaceae family. The widespread genus contains five species.[2]

References

  1. "Choiromyces Vittad. 1831". International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=1018. Retrieved 2011-07-13. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5104090 entry