Tuberaceae

The Tuberaceae (/ˌtjuːbəˈreɪsii/) are a family of mycorrhizal fungi in the order Pezizales. It includes the genus Tuber, which includes the so-called "true" truffles. It was characterized by the Belgian botanist Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier in 1822. A molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O'Donnell in 1997 found that a small clade now redefined as Helvellaceae is most closely related to the Tuberaceae.[1] The mycologist Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler studied and described fungal family, donating specimens to herbariums across the United States.[2]

Tuberaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Tuberaceae
Dumort. (1822)
Type genus
Tuber
Genera

Choiromyces
Dingleya
Labyrinthomyces
Paradoxa
Reddellomyces
Tuber

References
  1. O'Donnell K, Cigelnik E, Weber NS, Trappe JM. (1997). "Phylogenetic relationships among ascomycetous truffles and the true and false morels inferred from 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis". Mycologia. 89 (1): 48–65. doi:10.2307/3761172. JSTOR 3761172.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Stifler, Cloyd Burnley (1937). "A New Species of Tuberaceae for America". Mycologia. 29 (3): 325–326. doi:10.2307/3754291. ISSN 0027-5514.


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