Terfezia arenaria (Moris) Trappe
(Moroccan Desert Truffle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Terfezia arenaria (Moroccan Desert Truffle)
Family	PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Terfezia arenaria is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Loizides, M., Hobart, C., Konstandinides, G. & Yiangou, Y.	2012	Desert Truffles: the mysterious jewels of antiquity	Field Mycology Vol 13 (1): 17-21.

Terfezia arenaria (Moroccan Desert Truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Terfezia arenaria (Moroccan Desert Truffle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Terfezia arenaria (Moroccan Desert Truffle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Terfezia arenaria is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)