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Elaphomyces
Genus of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elaphomyces (‘deer truffles’) is a genus of hypogeous fungi in the family Elaphomycetaceae. The widespread genus contains 25 truffle-like species.[2] Elaphomyces is one of the most important ectomycorrhizal fungal genera in temperate and subarctic forest ecosystems.[3] E. asperulus, E. granulatus, and E. muricatus were found to accumulate arsenic (12–660 mg/kg in dry mass); the composition of organoarsenicals is very unusual, with methylarsonic acid and trimethylarsine oxide as major As compounds.[4]
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Species
- Elaphomyces aculeatus
- Elaphomyces anthracinus
- Elaphomyces citrinus
- Elaphomyces compleximurus[5]
- Elaphomyces cyanosporus
- Elaphomyces digitatus[5]
- Elaphomyces granulatus, known as deer balls, hart's balls, hart's truffles, or lycoperdon nuts (cf. Lycoperdon)[6]
- Elaphomyces japonicus
- Elaphomyces leucosporus
- Elaphomyces leveillei
- Elaphomyces morettii
- Elaphomyces muricatus
- Elaphomyces officinalis
- Elaphomyces viridiseptum
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References
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