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truffle-like morels
Imaia
Imaia is a fungal genus in the family Morchellaceae found in Japan, and in the Appalachian Mountains of the USA. A monotypic genus, Imaia was circumscribed in 2008 to contain the truffle-like species formerly known as Terfezia gigantea when molecular analysis demonstrated that its DNA sequences were markedly different from those of Terfezia. The fruit bodies of Imaia gigantea are spherical to roughly elliptical to irregular in shape, brown, and usually develop cracks in age. The...
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Imaia pachyascus
speciesImaia pachyascus
Imaia gigantea
speciesImaia gigantea
Imaia kuwohiensis
speciesImaia kuwohiensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 505083.