Name:		Choiromyces Vittad., Monographia Tuberacearum (1831) page 50 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Tartufa (Gray) Kuntze (1891) Zobelia Opiz (1855) Choeromyces Tul. & C. Tul. (1862) Piersonia Harkn. (1899)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Tuberaceae Dumort. [Family] Pezizales J. Schröt. [Order] Pezizomycetidae Locq. [Subclass] Pezizomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Choiromyces aboriginum Trappe Choiromyces alveolatus (Harkn.) Trappe Choiromyces castaneus Quél. Choiromyces compactus Gilkey Choiromyces concolor (Wallr.) Tul. Choiromyces cookei Gilkey Choiromyces echinulatus Trappe & Marasas Choiromyces ellipsosporus Gilkey Choiromyces gangliformis Vittad. Choiromyces ganglioides Zobel Choiromyces gibbosus (Dicks.) J. Schröt. Choiromyces leonis Tul. & C. Tul. Choiromyces maeandriformis Sacc. & Bizz. Choiromyces magnusii (Mattir.) Paol. Choiromyces meandriformis Vittad. Choiromyces melanoxanthus Tul. & C. Tul. ex Berk. Choiromyces setchellii Gilkey Choiromyces terfezioides Mattir. Choiromyces tetrasporus Velen. Choiromyces venosus (Fr.) Th. Fr. Choiromyces viridis Tul. & Berk.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (1 record)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]