Truffle Genus: Protogautieria
 Protogautieria substriata basidiospore |
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae |
Spore Characters
Surface: Smooth.
Shape and Size: Ovoid to obovoid or subglobose. 12.4-17.1 x 7.5-9.5 µm.
Wall: 1-2 µm thick.
Color in Water: Hyaline.
Melzer's Reaction: Dextrinoid, showing longitudinal folds or striations.
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Sporocarp Characters
Shape and Size: Ovoid to subglobose or irregular, 1.5-2.5 cm.
Peridium: White when young, brown or discolored when mature. Surface dry, dull, glabrous to slightly tomentose.
Gleba: Composed of numerous cavities, honeycombed or wrinkled. White to pale yellow. Sometimes turning pale red when exposed.
Odor: Not recorded.
Comments: One species, P. lutea, has cystidia that stain red and a yellow peridium which stains purple in KOH.
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