Terfezia

Terfezia
Terfezia spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Terfeziaceae or
Pezizaceae
Genus: Terfezia
(Tul. & C.Tul.) Tul. & C.Tul. (1851)
Type species
Terfezia arenaria
(Moris) Trappe (1971)
Species

34, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Choiromyces sect. Terfezia Tul. & C.Tul. (1845)
  • Tulasneinia Zobel (1854)

Terfezia is a genus of truffle-like fungi within the Pezizaceae family. Terfezia species are commonly known as desert truffles. Some authorities consider this the type genus of the family Terfeziaceae,[1] although phylogenetic analysis suggests that it nests within the Pezizaceae.[2] The Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008) suggests that the genus contains 12 species.[2] A recent (2011) publication used molecular analysis to show that the American Terfezia species had been incorrectly classified, and moved Terfezia spinosa and Terfezia longii to Mattirolomyces and Stouffera, respectively; as a result, no Terfezia species are known to exist in North America.[3]

Species

As of December 2015, Index Fungorum accepts 34 species in Terfezia:[4]

  • Terfezia albida[5]
  • Terfezia alsheikhii[6]
  • Terfezia aphroditis
  • Terfezia arenaria
  • Terfezia berberiodora
  • Terfezia boudieri
  • Terfezia cadevalli
  • Terfezia canariensis
  • Terfezia castanea
  • Terfezia claveryi
  • Terfezia decaryi
  • Terfezia deflersii
  • Terfezia eliocrocae[5]
  • Terfezia eremita
  • Terfezia extremadurensis[5]
  • Terfezia fanfani
  • Terfezia hafizi
  • Terfezia hanotauxii
  • Terfezia hispanica
  • Terfezia indica
  • Terfezia leptoderma
  • Terfezia lutescens
  • Terfezia magnusii
  • Terfezia mellerionis
  • Terfezia metaxasi
  • Terfezia olbiensis
  • Terfezia ovalispora
  • Terfezia pallida
  • Terfezia pini[5]
  • Terfezia pseudoleptoderma[5]
  • Terfezia rosea
  • Terfezia schweinfurthii
  • Terfezia sinuosa
  • Terfezia transcaucasica
  • Terfezia zeynebiae

References

  1. 1 2 "Terfezia (Tul. & C. Tul.) Tul. & C. Tul.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  2. 1 2 Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 682. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Kovács GM, Trappe JM, Alsheikh AM, Hansen K, Healy RA, Vági P. (2011). "Terfezia disappears from the American truffle mycota as two new genera and Mattirolomyces species emerge". Mycologia 103 (4): 831–40. doi:10.3852/10-273. PMID 21262987.
  4. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 20th November 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Bordallo J-J, Rodríguez A, Muñoz-Mohedano JM, Suz LM, Honrubia M, Morte A. (2013). "Five new Terfezia species from the Iberian Peninsula". Mycotaxon 124: 189–208. doi:10.5248/124.189.
  6. Kovács GM, Balázs TK, Calonge FD, Martín MP. (2011). "The diversity of Terfezia desert truffles: new species and a highly variable species complex with intrasporocarpic nrDNA ITS heterogeneity". Mycologia 103 (4): 841–53. doi:10.3852/10-312.

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