Pachyphloeus is a genus of Ascomycete fungi (Pezizales, Pezizaceae) that forms hypogeous fruit bodies, aka truffles. Pachyphloeus citrinus is known as the "berry truffle" and Pachyphloeus austro-oregonensis is known as the "southern Oregon berry truffle". The genus Pachyphloeus forms ectomycorrhizal mutualisms with tree roots, usually oaks. Truffles require animals to dig them up and eat them, in order to disperse their spores.
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| Pachyphloeus melanoxanthus (Tul. & C.Tul. ex Berk.) Tul. & C.Tul. (1845)
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Species edit
- Pachyphloeus austro-oregonensis
- Pachyphloeus carneus
- Pachyphloeus citrinus
- Pachyphloeus conglomeratus
- Pachyphloeus depressus – China[1]
- Pachyphloeus lateritius
- Pachyphloeus ligericus
- Pachyphloeus macrosporus
- Pachyphloeus marroninus
- Pachyphloeus melanoxanthus
- Pachyphloeus prieguensis
- Pachyphloeus saccardoi
- Pachyphloeus thysellii
- Pachyphloeus virescens
References edit
- ^ Fan L, Cai S-P (2015). "Pachyphloeus depressus, a new green truffle from China". Mycotaxon. 130 (3): 613–620. doi:10.5248/130.613.
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