Paradoxa is a genus of truffles in the family Tuberaceae.[1] Originally described by the Italian botanist Oreste Mattirolo in 1935,[2] the genus remained monotypic until a second species P. gigantospora was transferred from Tuber in 2009.[3] A third species, P. sinensis, was also described, representing the second species from China. P. sinensis differs from P. gigantospora by having a somewhat smaller fruit body, and differs from P. monospora by having yellowish to yellow-brown ascomata.[4]
| Paradoxa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Division: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Paradoxa Mattir. (1935)
|
| Type species | |
| Paradoxa monospora Mattir. (1935)
| |
| Species | |
References
edit- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Mattirolo O. (1935). "Catalogo ragionato dei funghi ipogei raccolti nel Canton Ticino e nelle provincie Italiane confinanti". Beiträge zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz (in Italian). 8 (2): 1–53.
- ^ Wang Y, Hu HT (2008). "Paradoxa gigantospora comb. nov. from China". Mycotaxon. 106: 199–202.
- ^ Fan L, Cao J-Z, Li Y (2012). "Tuber microsphaerosporum and Paradoxa sinensis spp. nov". Mycotaxon. 120: 471–5. doi:10.5248/120.471.
External links
edit
 | This Pezizomycetes-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |