Ultrastructural evidence for the placement of the truffle Barssia in the Helvellaceae (Pezizales)

James W. Kimbrough; Li-Tzu Li; Chi-Guang Wu

doi:10.2307/3760782

Ultrastructural evidence for the placement of the truffle Barssia in the Helvellaceae (Pezizales)

Journal

Mycologia

Journal Volume

88

Journal Issue

1

Pages

38-46

Date Issued

1996-02

Author(s)

James W. Kimbrough

Li-Tzu Li

Chi-Guang Wu

DOI

10.2307/3760782

URI

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00275514.1996.12026622

https://scholars.tari.gov.tw/handle/123456789/19924

Abstract

The truffle genus Barssia has been included in three different families of Tuberales and one of the Pezizales. Light and electron microscopic examinations were made in order to resolve the proper systematic position of Barssia and its relationship to other epigeous and hypogeous Pezizales. Smooth, tetranucleate ascospores with a large vacuole and structures in the septal pores of asci, ascogenous hyphae, and vegetative cells confirmed that Barssia oregonensis belongs in the Helvellaceae. Its relationship to species of Helvella is discussed.

Subjects

Ascomycetes

cup fungi

discomycetes

septal structures

phylogeny

ultrastructure

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Inc.

Type

journal article