MycoKey : the genus Pachyphloeus

Generic short diagnoses: Smooth or warty, buff, brownish or blackish ascomycete truffles with marbled gleba, ± sac-like asci and large, ± globose, warty or spiny, hyaline or pale yellow spores.


Species example:


Pachyphloeus citrinus - DK: gul kratertrøffel
Photo and © Amer Montecchi
Italy

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