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The Carbomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. The family contains the single genus Carbomyces, which in turn contains three species distributed in the United States and Mexico.

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Diehliomyces is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Diehliomyces microsporus. The genus name of Diehliomyces is in honour of William Webster Diehl (1891–1978), who was an American mycologist recognized for his work on grass pathogens, particularly in the genus Balansia. The genus was circumscribed by Helen Margaret Gilkey in Mycologia Vol.46 (Issue 5) on page

Barssia is a genus of ascomycete fungi of the family Helvellaceae. The widespread genus contains two species.

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Carbomyces emergens is a truffle in the genus Carbomyces, a small genus common to the Chihuahuan desert in the southwestern United States and Mexico. C. emergens is regarded as the most common and widely distributed species in Carbomyces, also serving as the genus' type species. C. emergens belongs to the Carbomycetaceae family, in the order Pezizales, class Pezizomycetes, division Ascomycota.

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Hydnotryopsis is a genus of fungi within the Pezizaceae family.

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Tuber canaliculatum, commonly called Michigan truffle and Appalachian truffle, is a fungus that grows in eastern North America including the Midwest. It is brick red in color. It is foraged and used in Appalachian cuisine. Dogs have been used to locate the truffles. It has been investigated for commercial cultivation.

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Genea harknessii, commonly known as the dark geode truffle, is a species of fungus in the genus Genea. The species was described by Helen Gilkey in 1916. The mature fruit is up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in) across. It has a convoluted, coral-like appearance. The exterior is dark brown (to nearly black) with a hollow interior, the surfaced of which is dark brownish. The sterile flesh between the dark interior and exterior 'skin' is white to grayish. G. harknessii grows underground in forests, especially white oak forests, but also coniferous woods. Although pigs hunt it, its edibility to humans is

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