Tuber (fungus)

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Tuber
Tuber gibbosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Tuberaceae
Genus: Tuber
F.H.Wigg.
(1780)
Type species
Spreng.
(1827)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Tuber P.Micheli
  • Tuberium Raf.
  • Aschion
    Wallr.
  • Ensaluta Zobel
  • Lespiaultinia Zobel
  • Oogaster Corda
  • Tuber subg. Vittadinion Zobel
  • Vittadinion Zobel
  • Terfeziopsis
    Harkn.
  • Delastreopsis Mattir.
  • Mukagomyces
    S.Imai
Harvested white truffle (Tuber magnatum) at Ceva, Cuneo, Italy

Tuber is a

Jurassic period (156 Mya).[2] It includes several species of truffles
that are highly valued as delicacies.

New discoveries

In 2015 a new species Tuber petrophilum (close relative to

Southeastern Europe, Serbia).[3] In 2016, two new species were discovered in Brazil. Tuber floridanum (with the commercial name Trufa Sapucaya meaning 'The last Guarany breath') and Tuber brennemanii grow in association with pecan rootlets.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tuber P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg. 1780". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  2. ISSN 1720-0776
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  3. doi:10.5248/130.1141
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  4. doi:10.5902/1980509827581
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  5. S2CID 52056622.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
    )

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