Truncocolumella
Genus of fungi
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Truncocolumella is a genus of fungi in the family Suillaceae, of the order Boletales.[1] It was circumscribed by American mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1939.[2]
| Truncocolumella | |
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| Truncocolumella citrina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Suillaceae |
| Genus: | Truncocolumella Zeller (1939) |
| Type species | |
| Truncocolumella citrina Zeller (1939) | |
| Species | |
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T. citrina | |
The potato-like T. citrina is up to 7 cm broad. The spore mass is yellowish, darker in age.[3] One field guide lists T. citrina as edible.[4] David Arora cites one story that it may leave a licorice-like aftertaste that can persist for hours.[3]
To determine the odour of T. citrina, mature fruiting bodies were extracted in diethyl ether and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). The two major odor compounds that were identified are hexanoic acid and phenylacetaldehyde. These compounds were not found on examination of immature fruiting bodies.[5]
