''Geopora'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
truffle
A truffle is the Sporocarp (veggie), fruiting body of a subterranean ascomycete fungus, predominantly one of the many species of the genus ''Tuber (fungus), Tuber''. In addition to ''Tuber'', many other genera of fungi are classified as truf ...
-like
fungi
A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
in the family
Pyronemataceae
The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera and approximately 500 species. Phylogenetic analyses does not support the prior classifications of this family, an ...
, currently with 13 described species.
[ The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Harvey Willson Harkness in 1885.][ ]Molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
reconstructions indicate that the cup-like apothecial ''Geopora'' should better be placed back in a separate genus, ''Sepultaria''.[ ''Geopora'' would then only comprise ''Geopora cooperi'' and its close relatives.
]
Species
Species include:
* '' Geopora arenicola''
* '' Geopora arenosa''
* '' Geopora cercocarpi''[
* '' Geopora cervina''
* '']Geopora cooperi
''Geopora cooperi'', commonly known as the pine truffle or the fuzzy truffle, is a species of fungus in the family Pyronemataceae. It has a fuzzy brown outer surface and an inner surface of whitish, convoluted folds of tissue. Widely distributed ...
''
* '' Geopora foliacea''
* ''Geopora sepulta
''Geopora sepulta'' is a species of fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. It is an uncommon European species. The first accepted record for Britain was a specimen collected in Kent in 1995.
This fungus forms a rounded ascocarp undergro ...
''
* '' Geopora sumneriana''
* '' Geopora tenuis''
References
Pyronemataceae
Truffles (fungi)
Pezizales genera
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