Tuberaceae
| Tuberaceae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: |
Tuberaceae Dumort. (1822) |
| Type genus | |
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Tuber P.Micheli ex F.H.Wigg. (1780) |
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| Genera | |
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Choiromyces |
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Choiromyces
Dingleya
Labyrinthomyces
Paradoxa
Reddellomyces
Tuber
The Tuberaceae /tjuːbəˈreɪsiː/ are a family of mycorrhizal fungi. 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.
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