False truffle

Melanogaster tuberiformis, a false truffle of the genus Melanogaster.

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.[1][2] While rodents such as squirrels eat a wide variety of false truffle species, many are considered toxic or otherwise inedible by humans and only a few are sought after as food.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

References

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