Truffle Genus: Fevansia
 Fevansia aurantiaca basidiospore |
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae |
Spore Characters
Surface: Smooth.
Shape and Size: Longitudinally symmetrical, fusoid, 10-13 x (3.5) 4-5 µm; sterigmal attachment indistinct.
Wall: Single, 0.5 µm thick.
Color in Water: Hyaline.
Melzer's Reaction: No reaction.
Comments: Similar to but much larger than most Rhizopogon spores and gray-yellow in mass. Also similar to Hysterangium spores, but lacking a utricle.
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Sporocarp Characters
Shape and Size: Up to 2.5 cm in diameter, subglobose-lobed with much adherent soil and debris.
Peridium: Smooth, sticky, pale brown-orange to orange-brown.
Gleba: Firm, moist, chambered, chambers filled with spores, pale pink-orange to orange-brown.
Odor: Strongly oily-fruity.
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