title: Species diversity of hypogeous ascomycetes in Israel.
abstract: We conducted a species diversity study of the hypogeous Ascomycetes of Israel. The hypogeous Ascomycetes in Israel include members of the families Pyronemataceae, Pezizaceae, and Tuberaceae, which are represented by seven species: Hydnocystis piligera, Terfezia arenaria, T. claveryi, T. oligosperma, Tirmania africana, Tuber asa, and T. nitidum; only T. asa is new to Israeli mycobiota. Synonymy, locations, collection data, general distribution, distribution in Israel, descriptions, a key to identification, illustrations, and taxonomic remarks are provided.
authors: Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary & Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science & Science Education, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel.
authors: Gayane S
authors: GS
authors: Barseghyan
authors: Solomon P
authors: SP
authors: Wasser
keywords: Ascomycetes; Distribution; Hypogeous; Mediterranean; Mycorrhiza
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