Truffle Genus: Ruhlandiella
 Ruhlandiella berolinensis ascospores scale = 10 µm |
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Order: Pezizales Family: Pezizaceae |
Spore Characters
The one known species has pale brown, globose, reticulate spores, 17-21 µm in diameter, excluding ornamentation. It cannot be differentiated from Peziza on the basis of spore characters alone. It can also be confused with reticulate-spored species of Elaphomyces or Scleroderma.
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Sporocarp Characters
Shape and Size: Hemispheric to globose, convoluted-cerebriform, 3 cm broad.
Peridium: Lacking, the sporocarp surface is white to pale brown from a superficial hymenium of gelatinous-sheathed paraphyses and asci.
Gleba: Lacking, the basal tissue instead supports the outer hymenial surface.
Odor: Not recorded.
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