Moroccan Desert Truffle
Terfezia arenaria (Moris) Trappe
A species in the family Pezizaceae, order Pezizales. Recorded under 1 common name across 1 language.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Pezizaceae
- Genus
- Terfezia
What it is called
- English
- Moroccan Desert Truffle
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Choiromyces arenarius (Moris) Quél.
- Choiromyces leonis Tul. & C.Tul.
- Rhizopogon leonis (Tul. & C.Tul.) Payer
- Terfezia goffartii Chatin
- Terfezia leonis (Tul. & C.Tul.) Tul. & C.Tul.
- Terfezia leonis var. goffartii (Chatin) Maire
- Terfezia leonis var. heterospora Chatin
- Terfezia leonis var. minor Chatin
- Tuber arenaria Moris
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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