Notes on Southern African Tuberales

Three species of Tuberales have been found in Southern Africa.  Terfezia pfeilii Henn. occurs in the Kalahari Desert and adjacent areas of the Cape Province, Botswana and South-West Africa. The other two,  Terfezia austroafricana sp. nov. and  Choiromyces echinulatus sp. nov., are known only from th...

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Main Authors: W. F. O. Marasas, James M. Trappe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African National Biodiversity Institut 1973-07-01
Series:Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation
Online Access:https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/1994
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description Three species of Tuberales have been found in Southern Africa.  Terfezia pfeilii Henn. occurs in the Kalahari Desert and adjacent areas of the Cape Province, Botswana and South-West Africa. The other two,  Terfezia austroafricana sp. nov. and  Choiromyces echinulatus sp. nov., are known only from the Cape.  C. echinulatus is the first representative of that genus to be collected in Africa or the Southern Hemisphere.
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spelling doaj.art-486041b892c242fa94b6fa12467f9f032022-12-21T20:02:02ZengSouth African National Biodiversity InstitutBothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation0006-82412311-92841973-07-01111/213914110.4102/abc.v11i1/2.19941839Notes on Southern African TuberalesW. F. O. Marasas0James M. Trappe1Plant Protection Research Institute, Department of Agri­cultural Technical ServicesU.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific North-west Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forestry Sciences LaboratoryThree species of Tuberales have been found in Southern Africa.  Terfezia pfeilii Henn. occurs in the Kalahari Desert and adjacent areas of the Cape Province, Botswana and South-West Africa. The other two,  Terfezia austroafricana sp. nov. and  Choiromyces echinulatus sp. nov., are known only from the Cape.  C. echinulatus is the first representative of that genus to be collected in Africa or the Southern Hemisphere.https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/1994
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