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Choiromyces
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Choiromyces maeandriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Division:
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Genus:
Choiromyces

Vittad. (1831)
Type species
Choiromyces meandriformis
Vittad. (1831)
Species

C. aboriginum
C. alveolatus
C. cookei
C. meandriformis
C. tetrasporus

Synonyms

Tuber sect. Tartufa Gray (1821)
Zobelia Opiz (1855)
Choeromyces Tul. & C.Tul. (1862)
Tartufa (Gray) Kuntze (1891)
Piersonia Harkn. (1899)

Choiromyces is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Tuberaceae family. The widespread genus contains five species.

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