Rhizopogon occidentalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Rhizopogonaceae |
| Genus: | Rhizopogon |
| Species: | R. occidentalis
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| Rhizopogon occidentalis | |
Rhizopogon occidentalis is a truffle-like fungus in the family Rhizopogonaceae. It is found in western North America, where it grows in coastal dunes and montane forests with two-needle and three-needle pines.[1] The fungus was described as new to science in 1918 by mycologists Sanford Myron Zeller and Carroll William Dodge.[2] The whitish to yellow outer surface of the fruit body stains reddish after bruising or other injury. The gleba is pale, darkening and drying with age.[3] Its spores are smooth, ellipsoid, and measure 5.5–7 by 2–3 μm. Accounts differ as to the edibility of the fungus; one source says it is inedible,[4] while another says it is edible with a mild odor and taste.[1]
References
- ^ a b Trappe M, Evans F, Trappe JM (2013). Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi. Ten Speed Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-307-80775-5.
- ^ Zeller SM, Dodge CW (1918). "Rhizopogon in North America". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 5 (1): 1–36 (see p. 14). doi:10.2307/2990021. JSTOR 2990021.
- ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 300–301. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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