Tuberaceae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Tuberaceae Dumort. (1822) |
| Type genus | |
| Tuber | |
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Choiromyces | |
The Tuberaceae (/ˌtjuːbəˈreɪsii/) are a family of mycorrhizal fungi in the order Pezizales. It includes the genus Tuber, which includes the so-called "true" truffles. It was characterized by the Belgian botanist Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier in 1822. A molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O'Donnell in 1997 found that a small clade now redefined as Helvellaceae is most closely related to the Tuberaceae.[1] The mycologist Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler studied and described fungal family, donating specimens to herbariums across the United States.[2]
References
- ^ "Phylogenetic relationships among ascomycetous truffles and the true and false morels inferred from 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis". Mycologia. 89 (1): 48–65. 1997. doi:10.2307/3761172. JSTOR 3761172.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Stifler, Cloyd Burnley (1937). "A New Species of Tuberaceae for America". Mycologia. 29 (3): 325–326. doi:10.2307/3754291. ISSN 0027-5514.
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