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
Black truffle (Tuber melanosporum)
White truffles from San Miniato
Black truffles from San Miniato
Black Périgord truffle, cross-section
Ascomycota
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The Ascomycota are a phylum in the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, form the subkingdom Dikarya. Members of Ascomycota are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the
Truffle
…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, Peziza…
Scarlet elf cap cadnant dingle
A member of the genus Ophiocordyceps which is parasitic on arthropods. Note the elongated stromata. Species unknown, perhaps Ophiocordyceps caloceroides.
The "candlesnuff fungus" in its asexual state, Xylaria hypoxylon
The ascocarp of a morel contains numerous apothecia.