TuberID

Taxon

Species ID

Species Name

Tuber himalayense

Clade

Melanosporum

Index Fungorum Record

134661

MycoBank ID

140115

Fungal Names ID

134661

Catalogue of Life Record

59HYT

GBIF Record

5499367

Synonyms

Edible

Authorship

B.C. Zhang & Minter

Author Names

Zhang B.C., Minter D.

Reference

Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 91(4): 595

First Description (Year)

1988

Ascocarp

Odour

pleasant

Ascocarp Form

globose, lobed

Ascocarp Size (cm)

2-2.5

Peridium

External Morphology (Peridium)

warty

Peridium Color

black

Wart Morphology

irregularly polygonal

Wart Size (cm)

Gleba

Gleba Color at Maturity

greyish

Gleba Aspect

marbled with numerous, very thin, whitish veins.

Spores

Spore Form

ellipsoidal to subglobose

Spore Minimum Length (μm)

Spore Maximum Length (μm)

Spore Minimum Diameter (μm)

Spore Maximum Diameter (μm)

Spore color

brown to dark reddish brown

Spore ornamentation

very variable ornamentation, mostly reticulate, very irregular in mesh shape and size, often with free spines mixed in with the mesh; some spores predominantly spiny, but tending to form a reticulation

Spore ornamentation height (µm)

Spore ornamentation diameter (µm)

Mycorrhiza (ECM)

ECM Form

ECM color (young)

ECM color (mature)

Cystidia form

Cystidia color

Cystidia Length (µm)

Cystidia Basal Diameter (µm)

Cystidia Position

Mantle Cells Form

Mantle cell density
(in a 20x20µm square)

Hosts

Host #26

Host Latin Name

Pinus armandii

Catalogue of Life Record

4J22Q

GBIF Record

5285203

Host #27

Host Latin Name

Castanea mollissima

Catalogue of Life Record

RNTN

GBIF Record

5333237

**Database for morphological and molecular identification of Tuber species**

Tuber himalayense

Taxon

Ascocarp

Peridium

Gleba

Spores

Mycorrhiza (ECM)

Hosts

Host #26

Host #27

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