Sporocarp (fungus)
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The sporocarp of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cycle, while the
Ascocarp of Sarcoscypha austriaca
Truffle
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A truffle is the fruiting body of a subterranean ascomycete fungus, one of the species of the genus Tuber. More than one hundred other genera of fungi are classified as truffles including Geopora, Pez
Sporocarp (fungus)
…far beyond the mother sporocarp. There is a wider distribution of mycelia underground than sporocarps above ground. Hypogeous fungi are usually called truffles or false truffles. There is evidence that hypogeous fungi evolved from epigeous fungi. During their evolution, truffles lost the ability to disperse…
Black truffle (Tuber melanosporum)
White truffles from San Miniato
Black truffles from San Miniato
Black Périgord truffle, cross-section