Elaphomyces
| Elaphomyces | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Elaphomyces muricatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Elaphomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Elaphomyces Nees (1820) |
| Type species | |
| Elaphomyces granulatus Fr. (1829) | |
| Species | |
|
25, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Elaphomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Elaphomycetaceae. The widespread genus contains 25 truffle-like species.[2]
Species
- Elaphomyces aculeatus
- Elaphomyces anthracinus
- Elaphomyces citrinus
- Elaphomyces compleximurus[3]
- Elaphomyces cyanosporus
- Elaphomyces digitatus[3]
- Elaphomyces granulatus, known as deer balls, hart's balls, hart's truffles, or lycoperdon nuts (cf. Lycoperdon)[4]
- 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.
- 1 2 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
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