Desert truffles of the Australian outback: Ecology, ethnomycology, and taxonomy

Economic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-506

  Trappe, James M ^a   Claridge, Andrew W ^b   Claridge, Deborah L ^c   Liddle, Lynette ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal use; Ascomycota; Elderia; Horakiella; Hypogeous fungi; Mattirolomyces; Mycoclelandia; Mycorrhizae; Pezizaceae; Pezizales; Reddellomyces; Ulurua

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 57049127046     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-008-9041-8     Document Type: Review

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