Desert truffles of the African Kalahari: Ecology, ethnomycology, and taxonomy

Economic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 521-529

  Trappe, James M ^a   Claridge, Andrew W ^b,c   Arora, David ^a   Smit, W Adriaan ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d South African Gourmet Mushroom Academy   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Eremiomyces; Hypogeous fungi; Kalaharituber; Mattirolomyces; Mycorrhizae; Pezizaceae; Pezizales

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PEZIZACEAE; PEZIZALES; TERFEZIA; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 57049118453     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-008-9027-6     Document Type: Review

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