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Tuber foetidum

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Species of fungus

Tuber foetidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Tuberaceae
Genus: Tuber
Species: T. foetidum
Binomial name
Tuber foetidum
Vittad. (1831)

Tuber foetidum is a species of truffle in the genus Tuber (fungus). It was first described scientifically in 1831 by the Italian doctor and mycologist Carlo Vittadini. It is characterized by its foetid odour, and minute brownish bumps on the surface of the fruitbody. A rare species, it is found in Europe. It associates with oak and beech in southern Europe, and with larch in the United Kingdom. Molecular analysis indicates that T. foetidum is closely related to T. maculatum.

References

  1. Vittadini, Carlo (1831). Monographia Tuberacearum. Milan: Ex Typographia F. Rusconi. p. 41. Monographia Tuberacearum 1831.
  2. Orczán, Kund Ákos; Turunen, Ossi; Merényi, Zsolt; Rudnóy, Szabolcs; Bratek, Zoltán; Shamekh, Salem (2010). "Tuber foetidum found in Finland". Mycotaxon. 114: 127–133. doi:10.5248/114.127.

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Tuber foetidum


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