Background Many years back, during Islamic civilization, truffle (Kama'ah) was mentioned by
Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) to be well recognized as a therapeutic for eye diseases.(“In the …

The cultivation of edible mycorrhizal fungi (EMF) has made great progress since the first
cultivation of Tuber melanosporum in 1977 but remains in its infancy. Five cultivation steps …

Fungi that produce their fruiting bodies underground within the soil profile are known
commonly as truffles. Truffle fruiting bodies harbor a diverse but poorly understood microbial …

Since the first truffle plantations were established in France, Italy and other parts in the
world, many studies have been carried out to improve their productivity and sustainability …

It is well known that the microbes associated with truffle fruiting bodies play a very important
role during the truffle lifecycle. Tuber indicum, commonly called Chinese black truffle, is a …

In the very broadest sense, truffles are fungi that sequester their spores within differentiated
fruiting structures and produce these fruiting bodies below the soil or leaf litter. However, for …

Tuber indicum, an endemic truffle species in eastern Asian, is an edible mushroom that is
both an important export and widely distributed across China. Many existing studies on …

Fungi are organisms of significant importance not only for the crucial roles they undertake in
nature but also for many human activities that are strictly dependent on them. Indeed, fungi …

Pecan, Carya illinoinensis, is an economically important nut producing tree that can
establish ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with a high diversity of fungi. In the southern USA …

We aimed to test whether Tuber melanosporum and native Chinese oak species could form
stable mycorrhizal symbioses. Six oak species were all either inoculated or not, with spores …