MycoKey : the genus Choiromyces

Generic short diagnoses: Smooth, cream to brownish, firm ascomycete truffles with a marbled, creamish gleba, sac-like asci and spiny, pale yellowish to pale brownish, ± globose spores.


Species example:


Choiromyces venosus - DK: kartoffeltrøffel - habitat
Photo and © Ebbe Wedel Eriksen
Denmark, JHP-05.220

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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