Chamonixia ambigua (Zeller & C. W. Dodge) A. H. Smith & Singer
Brittonia 11: 220. 1959.

Common Name: none

Synonym: Arcangeliella ambigua (Zeller & C. W. Dodge)

• Description

  For description see Smith & Singer & 'California Mushrooms'.

• Habitat

  Solitary to scattered to gregarious; hypogeous under live oak.; coastal California; uncommon.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Chamonixia ambigua is a sequestrate member of the Boletales. The North American Chamonixia species that have been sequenced are closely related to Leccinum.

• References

  Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 p.
  Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
  Smith, A.H. & Singer, R. (1959). Studies on Secotiaceous Fungi IV. Gastroboletus, Truncocolumella, and Chamonixia. Brittonia 11: 205-223. (PDF)
  Trappe, J.M., Molina, R., Luoma, D.L., Cázares, E., Pilz, D., Smith, J., Castellano, M.A., Miller, S.L. & Trappe, M.J. (2009). Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Truffle Fungi in Forests of the Pacific Northwest. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: Portland, OR. 194 p. (PDF)
  Zeller, S.M. & Dodge, C.W. (1935). New species of Hydnangiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 365-373. (PDF)

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Herb Saylor: Chamonixia ambigua (CP) — spores
  • Herb Saylor: Chamonixia ambigua (CP) — oleiferous hyphae
  • Michael Wood: Chamonixia ambigua (CP) — section showing gleba and stipe-columella
  • Michael Wood: Chamonixia ambigua (CP) — young sporocarp
  • Arora (1986): p. 751 (D & P)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)