False truffle
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false-truffle-203-14452058
title:
False truffle
text:
A false truffle or a hymenogastrale is any species of fungus that has underground fruiting bodies that produce basidiocarps resembling the true truffles of genus Tuber. While rodents such as squirrels eat a wide variety of false truffle species, many are considered toxic or otherwise unpalatable and only a few are sought after as food for humans. The rodents exist in an almost symbiotic relationship with the false truffle. The false truffle depends on the rodents to help spread its spores as it
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of fungus with underground fruiting bodies resembling truffles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_truffle
date created:
2010-06-13T22:59:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T04:48:18Z
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image:
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13
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