Fischerula

Fischerula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Morchellaceae
Genus:	Fischerula ; Mattir. (1928)
Type species
	Fischerula macrospora;
Species
	F. macrospora ; F. subcaulis ;

Last updated November 09, 2025

Fischerula is a genus of two truffle-like fungi in the family Morchellaceae. First described from central Italy by Oreste Mattirolo in 1928, the genus name honors Swiss mycologist Eduard Fischer.^[1] The type species Fischerula macrospora is known only from Italy, while Fischerula subcaulis is found in coniferous and mixed forests of Oregon and Washington.^[2]

References

↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
↑ Trappe JM. (1975). "The genus Fischerula (Tuberales)" . Mycologia. 67 (5): 934–41. doi:10.2307/3758584. JSTOR 3758584.

External links

Fischerula in Index Fungorum

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[1] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[Trappe_1975-2] Trappe JM. (1975). "The genus Fischerula (Tuberales)" . Mycologia. 67 (5): 934–41. doi:10.2307/3758584. JSTOR 3758584.

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