Truffle Genus: Destuntzia
 Destuntzia sp. basidiospore Scale = 10 µm |
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Order: Agaricales Family: Cortinariaceae |
Spore Characters
Surface: Ornamented with crowded, often striate to wrinkled or irregular warts or cones, 0.5-2 x 0.5-1.5 µm.
Shape and Size: 5-11 x 5-9 µm, ellipsoid to subglobose or reniform.
Wall: Single, 0.5 µm thick.
Color in KOH: Yellow to gray-yellow or olive.
Color in Water: Gray-yellow to olive.
Melzer's Reaction: Not distinctive.
Comments: Mostly with a pedicel 1 - 4 x 1 - 2 µm. Destuntzia spores cannot be separated easily from those of the small-spored Hymenogaster species. The two genera are distinguished primarily by sporocarp characters.
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Sporocarp Characters
Shape and Size: Pulvinate to irregular or subglobose, 0.8-2.5 cm broad.
Peridium: Felty to fibrillose, white to dingy, often staining yellow or pink where bruised or exposed.
Gleba: Solid, more or less gel-filled chambers, often sticky to the touch, olive to brown with dark brown pockets; columella lacking but sterile pad often present.
Odor: Not distinctive to strongly fishy.
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