Elaphomyces
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Elaphomyces | |
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Elaphomyces muricatus | |
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Genus: | Elaphomyces Nees (1820)
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Elaphomyces granulatus Fr. (1829)
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25, see text | |
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Elaphomyces (‘deer truffles’) is a genus of hypogeous fungi in the family Elaphomycetaceae. The widespread genus contains 25 truffle-like species.[2] Elaphomyces is one of the most important ectomycorrhizal fungal genera in temperate and subarctic forest ecosystems.[3] E. asperulus, E. granulatus, and E. muricatus were found to accumulate arsenic (12–660 mg/kg in dry mass); the composition of organoarsenicals is very unusual, with methylarsonic acid and trimethylarsine oxide as major As compounds.[4]
Species
- Elaphomyces aculeatus
- Elaphomyces anthracinus
- Elaphomyces citrinus
- Elaphomyces compleximurus[5]
- Elaphomyces cyanosporus
- Elaphomyces digitatus[5]
- Elaphomyces granulatus, known as deer balls, hart's balls, hart's truffles, or lycoperdon nuts (cf. Lycoperdon)[6]
- Elaphomyces japonicus
- Elaphomyces leucosporus
- Elaphomyces leveillei
- Elaphomyces morettii
- Elaphomyces muricatus
- Elaphomyces officinalis
- Elaphomyces viridiseptum
References
- ^ "Elaphomyces Nees 1820". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Paz, A.; Bellanger, J.-M.; Lavoise, C.; Molia, A.; Ławrynowicz, M.; Larsson, E.; Ibarguren, I.O.; Jeppson, M.; Læssøe, T. (2017-06-30). "The genus Elaphomyces (Ascomycota, Eurotiales): a ribosomal DNA-based phylogeny and revised systematics of European 'deer truffles'". Persoonia. 38 (1): 197–239. doi:10.3767/003158517x697309. PMC 5645184. PMID 29151633.
- ^ Braeuer, Simone; Borovička, Jan; Goessler, Walter (2018-02-12). "A unique arsenic speciation profile in Elaphomyces spp. ("deer truffles")—trimethylarsine oxide and methylarsonous acid as significant arsenic compounds". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 410 (9): 2283–2290. doi:10.1007/s00216-018-0903-3. ISSN 1618-2642. PMC 5849658. PMID 29430602.
- ^ a b Castellano MA, Henkel TW, Miller SL, Smith ME, Aime MC (2012). "New Elaphomyces species (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota) from Guyana". Mycologia. 104 (5): 1244–9. doi:10.3852/12-061. PMID 22505430.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. deer, hart, lycoperdon