Sphaerosoma

Sphaerosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Sphaerosoma
Klotzsch (1839)
Type species
Sphaerosoma fuscescens
Klotzsch (1839)
Species

S. echinulatum
S. fuscescens
S. hesperium

Synonyms[1]

Sphaerozosma Corda (1842)[2]

Sphaerosoma is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. It contains three hypogeous (truffle-like) species that have been collected from Europe and North America.[3]

References

  1. "Sphaerosoma Klotzsch 1839". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  2. Corda ACJ. (1842). "Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum" (in Latin) 5. pp. 1–92 (see p. 27).
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 649. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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