| • references | |
| Comandini O, Pacioni G (1997) Mycorrhizae of Asian black truffles, Tuber himalayense and T. indicum. Mycotaxon 63: 77-86. | |
| • length | |
| 1 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 2 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • ramification presence-type | |
| absent | |
| or | monopodial-pinnate | 
| • ramification orders | |
| 0 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 1 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • main axis diameter | |
| 0.15 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.25 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • rhizomorphs as stout, short, conical structures presence-abundance | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs as short mycorrhiza-like outgrowths with blunt tips presence | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs presence | |
| absent | |
| • exploration type | |
| short distance | |
| • shape | |
| straight | |
| • shape {of distal end} | |
| inflated, club-shaped | |
| • length | |
| 0.235 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 1.2 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • diameter | |
| 0.15 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.25 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • colour | |
| ochre, yellowish brown | |
| • very tip colour | |
| ochre, yellowish brown | |
| • older parts colour | |
| dark brown | |
| or | ochre, yellowish brown | 
| • mantle {distinct} surface visibility | |
| present | |
| • mantle laticifers visibility | |
| absent | |
| • mantle surface {in general} habit | |
| smooth | |
| or | not smooth | 
| • mantle surface {in detail} kind | |
| loosely long-spiny | |
| • emanating hyphae presence | |
| present | |
| • emanating hyphae abundance | |
| infrequent | |
| • emanating hyphae distribution | |
| concentrated distally | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • emanating elements presence-type | |
| cystidia | |
| • emanating elements cystidia location | |
| on outer mantle layer | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • organisation {if pseudoparenchymatous} cell shape | |
| epidermoid, puzzle-like, jig-saw-shaped | |
| • mantle type | |
| epidermoid cells (type M) | |
| • septa clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 4 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 6 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cell length | |
| 7 µm | Minimum value | 
| 10 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 15 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 18 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell wall with globular thickenings | |
| absent | |
| • cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| • cell wall projections presence | |
| absent | |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| ring-like | |
| • septa clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 3.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cell length | |
| 15 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 20 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • mantle thickness {apart from tip} | |
| 15 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 20 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • mantle different layers presence | |
| discernable | |
| • outer mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • middle mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • middle mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 1 µm | Minimum value | 
| 8 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 11 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • middle mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 7 µm | Maximum value | 
| • inner mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • inner mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 1 µm | Minimum value | 
| 8 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 11 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • inner mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 7 µm | Maximum value | 
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • shape | |
| tangentially-oval, -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented in parallel to root axis | |
| • tangentially length | |
| 15 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 17 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| rectangular | |
| or | radially-oval to -elliptic, oriented obliquely | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
| 10 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 25 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
| 20 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 65 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • kind | |
| paraepidermal | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| roundish | |
| or | cylindrical | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around cortical cells (epidermal) thickness | |
| 1 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 2 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal rows around cortical (epidermal) cells number | |
| one | |
| • mantle different layers presence | |
| discernible | |
| • outer mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • middle mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • middle mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 2 µm | Minimum value | 
| 4 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 12 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • middle mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • inner mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • inner mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 2 µm | Minimum value | 
| 4 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 12 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • inner mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • shape | |
| tangentially-oval to tangentially-elliptic | |
| • tangentially length | |
| 5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 11 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| rectangular | |
| or | round | 
| or | radially-oval to -elliptic | 
| or | tangentially-oval to tangentially-elliptic | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
| 15 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 17 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
| 14 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 15 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| roundish | |
| • anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells thickness | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 3 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal rows around cortical (epidermal) cells number | |
| one | |
| • type | |
| awl-shaped, bristle-like (type A) | |
| • septa presence | |
| present | |
| • septa kind | |
| simple | |
| • diameter {proximal} | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 3 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • diameter {distal} | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 3 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • length | |
| 0 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 300 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cell wall thickness | |
| 0.2 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • cell wall thickness {relative to mantle cells} | |
| thinner | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • {of ectomycorrhiza former} presence | |
| absent | |
| • {of foreign origin} presence | |
| absent | |
| • soil pH | |
| pH 6 - 7 | |
| • geographic occurrence continent | |
| Europe | |
| • knowledge about association with foreign fruitbodies presence | |
| unknown | |
| • plant family | |
| Fagaceae | |
| • plant genus | |
| Quercus | |
| • family | |
| Tuberaceae | |
| • fruitbodies growth habit | |
| hypogeous | |
| • public notes | |
| Mycorrhizal systems in few samples monopodial-pyramidal, mostly unramified; mycorrhizal ends loosely long-spiny especially in the distal part, older mycorrhizae seem to loose cystidia, amber, very tips light amber, older parts amber to dark brown; outer mantle layers in plan view with epidermoid to elongated rectangular cells; cystidia ramified with recto-like angle, distally bent, septa 20-40 um distant; in cross-section Hartig net 1 cortical cell layer (epidermis) deep. | |