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Rhizopogon villosulus Zeller, 1941 (Reticulated Beard Truffle)

2007 (Draft) Red Data List DD

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Hawker, L.E., 1955 Hypogeous Fungi. IV and V.

Rhizopogon villosulus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
BOLETALES
(spongecap taodstools and their relatives)
Rhizopogon
(beard truffles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Rhizopogon villosulus is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) subhypogeous fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [in acid soil]
Photos fruitbody Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir (Pinaceae) subhypogeous fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [in acid soil]

Associated with Rhizopogon villosulus:

Rhizopogon villosulus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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