Truffle Genus: Mattirolomyces
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Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota Order:Pezizales Family:Pezizaceae |
Spore Characters
Surface: An alveolate partial reticulum.
Shape and Size: Globose to subglobose, 12-27
(-30) µm in diameter.
Wall: 0.5-2 µm thick.
Color in Water: Hyaline to pale yellow.
Melzer's Reaction: Yellow to yellow brown.
Comments: The spore surface of Mattirolomyces is
smooth inside the reticulum walls, that of Stouffera is
minutely bumpy.
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Sporocarp Characters
Shape and Size: Subglobose to globose or
irregular, 1.5-6 (-10) µm in diameter, sometimes
minutely pubescent.
Peridium: White, darkening when exposed.
Gleba: Light brown to grayish brown pockets
separated by white to pale cream-colored veins.
Odor: Not distinctive to sweet or fishey.
Comments: M.
terfeziodes forms large sclerotia in the soil
among roots.
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