I-African truffle (Terfezia leonis)
- Umnyango: I-Ascomycota (Ascomycetes)
- Ukuhlukaniswa: Pezizomycotina (Pezizomycotins)
- Ikilasi: Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
- Isigaba esingaphansi: Pezizomycetidae (Pezizomycetes)
- I-oda: Pezizales (Pezizales)
- Umndeni: Terfeziaceae (Terfeziaceae)
- I-Genus: Terfezia (i-desert truffle)
- Uhlobo: I-Terfezia leonis (i-African truffle)
- I-Truffle steppe
- I-Truffle "Tombolana"
- I-Terfetia lion-yellow
- I-Terfezia arenaria.
- Choiromyces leonis
- I-Rhizopogon leonis
I-African truffle (i-Terfezia leonis) iyikhowe lomndeni wakwaTruffle, eliyingxenye yohlobo lwe-Truffle.
Imizimba yezithelo ze-truffle yase-Afrika ibonakala ngokuyindilinga, ukuma okungajwayelekile. Umbala wekhowe unsundu noma omhlophe-ophuzi. Esisekelweni, ungabona i-hyphae ye-mushroom mycelium. Ubukhulu bomzimba othela izithelo wezinhlobo ezichazwe zifana newolintshi elincane noma amazambane ama-oblong. Ubude besikhunta buhluka phakathi kuka-5 cm. I-pulp ilula, iyimpuphu, futhi emizimbeni evuthiwe ethela izithelo inomswakama, ithambile, inemithambo emhlophe emhlophe ebonakala ngokucacile kanye namachashaza anombala onsundu kanye nokuma okuyindilinga. Izikhwama zamakhowe ezine-hyphae zitholakala ngokungahleliwe futhi maphakathi ne-pulp, zibonakala ngesimo esifana nesaka, zinezinhlamvu eziyindilinga noma eziyi-ovoid.
I-truffle yase-Afrika isatshalaliswa kabanzi kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Afrika. Ungahlangana naye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Ngezinye izikhathi lezi zinhlobo zingakhula engxenyeni yaseYurophu yeMedithera futhi, ikakhulukazi, eningizimu yeFrance. Lolu hlobo lwamakhowe lungabuye lutholakale phakathi kwabathandi bokuzingela okuthulile eTurkmenistan nase-Azerbaijan (South-West Asia).
I-Truffle yase-Afrika (i-Terfezia leonis) yakha i-symbiosis nezitshalo eziyingxenye ye-Sunlight (Helianthemum) kanye ne-Cistus (Cistus).
Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-French truffle yangempela (Tuber), i-truffle yase-Afrika ibonakala ngekhwalithi ephansi yokudla okunomsoco, kodwa imizimba yayo ethelayo isamele inani elithile lokudla okunomsoco kubantu bendawo. Inephunga elimnandi lekhowe.
Kufana ne-truffle yangempela yesiFulentshi, noma kunjalo, ngokwezindawo zokudla okunomsoco kanye nokunambitheka, ingaphansi kancane kwalokho.