Choiromyces

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

Choiromyces
Choiromyces maeandriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Tuberaceae
Genus:
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)

References
  1. "Choiromyces Vittad. 1831". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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