Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales Family: Elaphomycetaceae
Species: Elaphomyces granulatus Fr.
Synonyms: balgan-losgainn Hart
balg-losgainn Hart
Cloren Foch Ffug
Elaphomyces cervinus
Elaphomyces leucocarpus
Granulated Elaphomyces
Harts Truffle
Hart's Truffle
Lycoperdon cervinum
Scleroderma cervinum
Scleroderma vulgare var. cervinum
Common Name: False Truffle


A Truffle
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Elaphomyces granulatusPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (4)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Cordyceps capitata (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Mossy (2)
Root (1)
Soil (1)
Soil bare (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
September (7)
October (4)
December (1)