Geopora cooperi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Pezizomycetes |
Order: | Pezizales |
Family: | Pyronemataceae |
Genus: | Geopora |
Species: | G. cooperi
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Binomial name | |
Geopora cooperi Harkn. (1885)
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Geopora cooperi | |
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Glebal hymenium | |
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
Lacks a stipe | |
Ecology is mycorrhizal | |
Edibility is edible |
Geopora cooperi, commonly known as the pine truffle or the fuzzy truffle, is a species of fungus in the family Pyronemataceae. It has a fuzzy brown outer surface and an inner surface of whitish, convoluted folds of tissue. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, the species has been recorded from Asia, Europe, and North America.