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Pachyphlodes

Pachyphlodes, formerly Pachyphloeus, is a genus of Ascomycete fungi 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 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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Pachyphlodes
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pezizaceae
Genus: Pachyphlodes
Zobel 18541
species2
  • Pachyphlodes annagardnerae
  • Pachyphlodes atropurpurea
  • Pachyphlodes austro-oregonensis
  • Pachyphlodes brunnea
  • Pachyphlodes carnea
  • Pachyphlodes carneus
  • Pachyphlodes cinnabarina
  • Pachyphlodes citrina
  • Pachyphlodes citrinus
  • Pachyphlodes coalescens
  • Pachyphlodes conglomerata
  • Pachyphlodes conglomeratus
  • Pachyphlodes depressa
  • Pachyphlodes depressus
  • Pachyphlodes excavata
  • Pachyphlodes lateritia
  • Pachyphlodes lateritius
  • Pachyphlodes ligerica
  • Pachyphlodes ligericus
  • Pachyphlodes macrospora
  • Pachyphlodes macrosporus
  • Pachyphlodes marronina
  • Pachyphlodes marroninus
  • Pachyphlodes melanoxantha
  • Pachyphlodes melanoxanthus
  • Pachyphlodes nemoralis
  • Pachyphlodes oleifera
  • Pachyphlodes oleiferus
  • Pachyphlodes pfisteri
  • Pachyphlodes saccardoi
  • Pachyphlodes thysellii
  • Pachyphlodes virescens
  • Pachyphlodes wulushanensis
Synonyms2

Pachyphlodes, formerly 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 forms ectomycorrhizal mutualisms with tree roots, usually oaks. Truffles require animals to dig them up and eat them, in order to disperse their spores.

Species

  • Pachyphloeus austro-oregonensis
  • Pachyphloeus carneus
  • Pachyphloeus citrinus
  • Pachyphloeus conglomeratus
  • Pachyphloeus depressus – China5
  • Pachyphloeus lateritius
  • Pachyphloeus ligericus
  • Pachyphloeus macrosporus
  • Pachyphloeus marroninus
  • Pachyphloeus melanoxanthus
  • Pachyphloeus prieguensis
  • Pachyphloeus saccardoi
  • Pachyphloeus thysellii
  • Pachyphloeus virescens
References

References

  1. Zobel, Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum 6: 55 (1854)
  2. "Pachyphlodes". www.mycobank.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. Tul. & C. Tul., Giornale Botanico Italiano 1 (2): 60 (1845)
  4. Rudolph Hesse, Jb. wiss. Bot.: 198 (1884)
  5. Fan L, Cai S-P (2015). "Pachyphloeus depressus, a new green truffle from China". Mycotaxon. 130 (3): 613–620. doi:10.5248/130.613.