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Tuber (fungus)

Tuber
Tuber gibbosum 85547.jpg
Tuber gibbosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Tuberaceae
Genus: Tuber
P.Micheli ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Type species
Tuber aestivum
Vittad. (1831)
Species
86
Synonyms

Tuber P.Micheli (1729)
Tuberium Raf. (1815)
Aschion Wallr. (1833)
Ensaluta Zobel (1854)
Lespiaultinia Zobel (1854)
Oogaster Corda (1854)
Tuber subgen. Vittadinion Zobel (1854)
Vittadinion Zobel (1854)
Terfeziopsis Harkn. (1899)
Delastreopsis Mattir. (1905)
Mukagomyces S.Imai (1940)


Tuber P.Micheli (1729)
Tuberium Raf. (1815)
Aschion Wallr. (1833)
Ensaluta Zobel (1854)
Lespiaultinia Zobel (1854)
Oogaster Corda (1854)
Tuber subgen. Vittadinion Zobel (1854)
Vittadinion Zobel (1854)
Terfeziopsis Harkn. (1899)
Delastreopsis Mattir. (1905)
Mukagomyces S.Imai (1940)

Tuber is a genus in the Tuberaceae family of fungi. It includes several species of truffles that are highly valued as delicacies. According to a standard reference text, the widespread genus contains 86 species.



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