Terfezia (Berber: Tirfas) is a genus of truffle-like fungi within the Pezizaceae family. Terfezia species are commonly known as desert truffles. Some authorities consider this the type genus of the family Terfeziaceae,[1] although phylogenetic analysis suggests that it nests within the Pezizaceae.[2] The Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008) suggests that the genus contains 12 species.[2] A recent (2011) publication used molecular analysis to show that the American Terfezia species had been incorrectly classified, and moved Terfezia spinosa and Terfezia longii to Mattirolomyces and Stouffera, respectively; as a result, no Terfezia species are known to exist in North America.[3]
Israeli agricultural scientists have been attempting to domesticate T. boudieri into a commercial crop.[4]
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^Nargi, Lela (2019-07-01). "As Israel's Desert Truffles Become Scarce, a Researcher Works to Grow Them as Crops". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
formerly known as Terfezia gigantea when molecular analysis demonstrated that its DNA sequences were markedly different from those of Terfezia. The generic...
scientifically in 1895 by German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings as Terfezia pfeilii. It was moved to its own genus in 2005 by James Trappe and Varda...
insects, succulent parts of desert grasses, and fungi (desert truffles Terfezia species), which it detects using its acute sense of smell. Amazingly, it...
food. It has been observed sheltering under, and eating desert truffles (Terfezia species). Breeding usually takes place between November and July. The nesting...
be confirmed. Its presence is related to that of a mycorrhizal fungus: Terfezia claveryi or turma, which is of the so-called desert truffles (fam. Terfeziaceae)...
et al. (2002). Molecular phylogeny of the mycorrhizal desert truffles (Terfezia and Tirmania), host specificity and edaphic tolerance. Mycologia 94(2)...
applied to several other genera of similar underground fungi. The genera Terfezia and Tirmania of the family Terfeziaceae are known as the "desert truffles"...
classification taxa for the following genera: Crucibulum, Glomus, Sebacina, Terfezia, Tilletia and Hypomyces (the latter genus with Elias Magnus Fries). He...
gilbertsonii instead. Carbomyces has been determined to be related to Terfezia and Kalaharituber. Carbomyces emergens is a hypogeous desert truffle. The...
Kovács GM, Balázs TK, Calonge FD, Martín MP (2011). "The diversity of Terfezia desert truffles: new species and a highly variable species complex with...
gastronomic festival every year, focused on local products like asparagus, Terfezia arenaria and Tricholoma equestre. Until 2013, Alcafozes was its own civil...
due ipogei della Cirenaica e considerazioni intorno ai generi Tirmania e Terfezia". R Accad Naz Lincei. 5: 545–569."Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche...
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