Tuber panniferum

Tuber panniferum Tul & C. Tul In: Fungi hypogaei (1851)

Ascocarp Morphology. Ascocarp subglobose or globose or lobed, orifice or cavity present, 0.4-5 cm in diameter, brown, smooth, peridium pubescent, color of spore-bearing tissue grey or brown, veins large and rare. Peridium (228-)313-439-565(-695) micron, outermost layers (76-)113-182-251(-283) micron, yellow-brown, anatomical structure pseudoparenchymatic with angular cells or pseudoparenchimatic with roundish cells, cell tangential dimension (6-)8-11-14(-17) micron, cell radial dimension (3-)5-7-9(-13) micron, innermost layers (22-)104-187-270(-370) micron, anatomical structure pseudoparenchimatic with roundish cells, cell tangential dimension (3-)11-15-19(-25) micron, cell radial dimension (7-)8-12-16(-20) micron, external cystidia present, Cystidia length (11-)15-118-221(-931) micron, Cystidia septa present. Sterile veins pseudoparenchimatic or plectenchimatic.

Asci ans spores Morphology. Asci globose, major axis (53-)61-71-81(-93) micron, minor axis (37-)49-60-71(-80) micron, number of spores per ascus (2-)5-6-7(-8), irregularly clustered.

Spores subglobose or globose, major axis (18-)19-24-29(-31) micrometer lenght, minor axis (18-)21-24-27(-32) micrometer lenght, color pale brown, spines; ornamentation length (4.2-)5.1-6.5-7.3(-9.5) micron (1-3 micron diameter at the base).

Distribution. Habitat temperate; Putative plant host Quercus.

DNA polymorphism. ITS restriction pattern with EcoRI 650-700 bp; SphI 250-300 bp, or 350-400 bp; HincII 100-150 bp, or 550-600 bp; DNA sequence ID of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 regions TpITS.


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