Sustainable cultivation of the white truffle (Tuber magnatum) requires ecological understanding

T Čejka, M Trnka, U Büntgen - Mycorrhiza, 2023 - Springer
The white truffle (Tuber magnatum Picco.; WT) is the most expensive and arguably also the
most delicious species within the genus Tuber. Due to its hidden belowground life cycle …

Habitat is more important than climate for structuring soil fungal communities associated in truffle sites

Y Piñuela, JG Alday, D Oliach, C Castaño, U Büntgen… - Fungal Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The ectomycorrhizal fungi Tuber melanosporum Vittad. and Tuber aestivum Vittad. produce
highly valuable truffles, but little is known about the soil fungal communities associated with …

Consumption Preferences for Truffles and Truffle-Based Products: An Application of the PLS-SEM Model

VR Laganà, F Lombardi, D Di Gregorio, A Nicolosi - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The truffle is a niche, valuable and ecological product exported and consumed all over the
world. However, little is known about consumers' preferences for truffles and truffle products …

Edible fungi crops through mycoforestry, potential for carbon negative food production and mitigation of food and forestry conflicts

PW Thomas, AS Jump - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Demand for agricultural land is a potent accelerating driver of global deforestation,
presenting multiple interacting issues at different spatiotemporal scales. Here we show that …

The importance of botanic gardens for global change research—New insights into Cambridge's hidden truffle kingdom

G Centenaro, BJ Glover, A Piermattei… - Plants, People …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Social Impact Statement Botanic gardens offer unique opportunities for unravelling
responses of plant life to climate change. Despite investigations into their aboveground …

First molecular identification of Suillia gigantea (Meigen, 1830)(Diptera: Heleomyzidae).

A Rosa-Gruszecka, AJ Woźnica, A Tereba… - Zootaxa, 2023 - europepmc.org
In 2017, the presence of the fly Suillia gigantea (Meigen, 1830) was noted in Poland, after
many years of research related to the ecology of insects associated with the fruiting bodies …

The effects of irrigation treatments on Tuber melanosporum extramatrical mycelium and the surrounding ectomycorrhizal fungal community in a British Columbia truffle …

LR Loverock - 2024 - open.library.ubc.ca
The French black truffle is the prized fruiting body of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tuber
melanosporum. International markets price the black truffle from 2000-4000 Euros per …

Physiological and molecular mechanisms of the plant-microbe interactions in the mycorrhizal symbiosis of Terfezia claveryi Chatin

ÁL Guarnizo Serrudo - … between symbionts and development of the …, 2023 - digitum.um.es
La trufa del desierto Terfezia claveryi es un hongo ectendomicorrícico hipogeo comestible
con alto valor culinario y propiedades beneficiosas para la salud. Aunque su cultivo ha …

Ecology of Macrofungi: An Overview

KR Sridhar, SK Deshmukh - 2023 - books.google.com
Macrofungi have significant importance in human health, particularly in nutrition, medicine,
pharmaceuticals, agriculture and industries. They occupy a variety of ecosystems such as …

Mykoryzacja truflą burgundzką wybranych gatunków roślin żywicielskich w warunkach szklarniowych

D HILSZCZAŃSKA, A ROSA-GRUSZECKA… - Sylwan, 2022 - sylwan-journal.pl
Abstract Burgundy truffle Tuber aestivum Vittad. syn. T. uncinatum Chatin can be a profitable
agroforestry crop outside the Mediterranean region. Truffle fungi grow symbiotically as …