Tuberaceae

{{Short description|Family of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Truffle 4.jpg

| taxon = Tuberaceae

| authority = Dumort. (1822)

| type_genus = Tuber

| type_genus_authority = P.Micheli ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

Choiromyces

Dingleya

Labyrinthomyces

Paradoxa

Reddellomyces

Tuber

}}

The Tuberaceae ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|tj|uː|b|ə|ˈ|r|eɪ|s|i|i}}) are a family of mycorrhizal fungi, in the order Pezizales, that evolved during or after the first major adaptive radiation of Angiosperms in the Jurassic period (140–180 million years ago, Mya).{{Cite journal|last=Maccarrone|first=Mauro|date=2020-12-01|title=Phytocannabinoids and endocannabinoids: different in nature|journal=Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali|language=en|volume=31|issue=4|pages=931–938|doi=10.1007/s12210-020-00957-z|issn=1720-0776|doi-access=free}} It includes the genus Tuber, which includes the so-called "true" truffles. It was characterized by the Belgian botanist Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier in 1822. A molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O'Donnell in 1997 found that a small clade now redefined as Helvellaceae is most closely related to the Tuberaceae. The mycologist Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler studied and described this fungal family, donating specimens to herbariums across the United States.{{Cite journal|last=Stifler|first=Cloyd Burnley|date=1937|title=A New Species of Tuberaceae for America|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3754291|journal=Mycologia|volume=29|issue=3|pages=325–326|doi=10.2307/3754291|jstor=3754291 |issn=0027-5514|url-access=subscription}}