Rhizopogon occidentalis

Rhizopogon occidentalis
	Rhizopogon occidentalis
Systematics
Class :	Agaricomycetes
Subclass :	Agaricomycetidae
Order :	Boletales (Boletales)
Family :	Related root truffle (Rhizopogonaceae)
Genre :	Root truffles ( Rhizopogon )
Type :	Rhizopogon occidentalis
Scientific name
	Rhizopogon occidentalis
	Zeller & CWDodge (1918)

Rhizopogon occidentalis is a type of mushroom from the family of the root truffle relatives . It is native to North America.

description

The fruit bodies are pear-shaped to irregular, their diameter is one to four centimeters when dry. The fibrils are protruding and adjoining at the uppermost point, they constrict the peridium . This is single-layer with a thickness of 60 ... 240 micrometers. The gleba is pale yellow-orange to "Sudan-brown" with spherical to irregularly shaped cavities. The outer surface of the fruit body is whitish to yellow when fresh, when dry it is light leather-colored to "mummy brown" and becomes reddish after bruises or other injuries. Its basidiospores are smooth, elliptical and measure 5.5… 7 by 2… 3 μm. The mushroom is edible, the smell and taste are mild.

Distribution and ecology

The species occurs in western North America in coastal dunes and mountain forests with mainly two- and three-needle pine species. The original description stated "in the sand under conifers".

Taxonomy

The fungus was first described in 1918 by the American mycologists Sanford Myron Zeller and Carroll William Dodge .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d S. M. Zeller, CW Dodge: Rhizopogon in North America . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . 5, 1918, pp. 1-36. doi : 10.2307 / 2990021 .
↑ ^a ^b M. Trappe, F. Evans, JM Trappe: Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi . Ten Speed Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-307-80775-5 .

Web links

Rhizopogon occidentalis Zeller & CW Dodge, Ann. Mon bot. Gdn 5:14 (1918) . In: Index Fungorum . Retrieved on August 29, 2019: "Record Details"

[Zeller_1918-1] A ^b ^c ^d S. M. Zeller, CW Dodge: Rhizopogon in North America . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . 5, 1918, pp. 1-36. doi : 10.2307 / 2990021 .

[Trappe_2013-2] M. Trappe, F. Evans, JM Trappe: Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi . Ten Speed Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-307-80775-5 .