Tuber mixtecorum (Tuberaceae, Pezizales) a new truffle in the Maculatum clade from Mexico

Tuber mixtecorum is described as a new species from Mexico based on morphological and molecular evidence. This species belongs to the Maculatum clade and is characterized by its subtomentose to glabrous, whitish to pale brown peridium, dark brown gleba, ellipsoid reticulate-alveolate ascospores (15-33.9 x 11.3-23.3 mu m), and the putative mycorrhizal association with Quercus castanea in Quercus-Pinus dry mixed forests.

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Tuber mixtecorum is a newly described species from Mexico, characterized by its morphological and molecular evidence. It belongs to the Maculatum clade and is associated with Quercus-Pinus dry mixed forests, forming a putative mycorrhizal association with Quercus castanea.