False truffle

A false truffle or a Hymenogastrale is any species of fungi that has truffle-resembling underground fruiting bodies that produce basidiocarps.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "false truffle" (in WordNet). WordNet 3.0. Princeton University. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/false_truffle. Retrieved 13 June 2010. 
  2. ^ Bruns, Thomas D.; Robert Fogel, Thomas J. White, Jeffrey D. Palmer (1989). "Accelerated evolution of a false-truffle from a mushroom ancestor". Nature 339 (6220): 140–142. doi:10.1038/339140a0. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 2716834. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v339/n6220/full/339140a0.html. Retrieved 13 June 2010.