Mycobiology.  2010 Sep;38(3):159-165. 10.4489/MYCO.2010.38.3.159.

Species Diversity of Hypogeous Ascomycetes in Israel

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  • 1Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary & Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science & Science Education, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. gbarseghyan@gmail.com
  • 2M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev 01601, Ukraine.

Abstract

We conducted a species diversity study of the hypogeous Ascomycetes of Israel. The hypogeous Ascomycetes in Israel include members of the families Pyronemataceae, Pezizaceae, and Tuberaceae, which are represented by seven species: Hydnocystis piligera, Terfezia arenaria, T. claveryi, T. oligosperma, Tirmania africana, Tuber asa, and T. nitidum; only T. asa is new to Israeli mycobiota. Synonymy, locations, collection data, general distribution, distribution in Israel, descriptions, a key to identification, illustrations, and taxonomic remarks are provided.

Keyword

Ascomycetes; Distribution; Hypogeous; Mediterranean; Mycorrhiza

MeSH Terms

Ascomycota
Humans
Israel
Mycorrhizae
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