Genetic and Phylogeographic Structures of the Symbiotic Fungus Tuber magnatum

A Rubini, F Paolocci, C Riccioni… - Applied and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The quality and market price of truffles vary with the species and, traditionally, the place of
origin. The premium species Tuber magnatum produces white truffles and has a patchy …

Genetic variability of Tuber uncinatum and its relatedness to other black truffles

A Mello, A Cantisani, A Vizzini… - Environmental …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic variability is one of the major survival strategies developed by symbiotic fungi. We
focused on the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tuber uncinatum Chatin that produces edible …

Tuber magnatum Pico, a species of limited geographical distribution: its genetic diversity inside and outside a truffle ground

A Mello, C Murat, A Vizzini, V Gavazza… - Environmental …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work was to clarify the genetic structure of the ectomycorrhizal fungus, Tuber
magnatum Pico, in a natural truffle ground located in north Italy. Ascomata of this population …

Heterogeneity of the white truffle Tuber magnatum in a limited geographic area of Central‐Southern Italy

P Monaco, A Bucci, G Naclerio… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Molise region (Central‐Southern Italy) is one of the Italian richest areas of truffles
and contributes significantly to the national production of the precious Tuber magnatum …

How the truffle got its mate: insights from genetic structure in spontaneous and planted Mediterranean populations of Tuber melanosporum

E Taschen, F Rousset, M Sauve, L Benoit… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The life cycles and dispersal of edible fungi are still poorly known, thus limiting our
understanding of their evolution and domestication. The prized Tuber melanosporum …

Truffles: much more than a prized and local fungal delicacy

A Mello, C Murat, P Bonfante - FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Truffles are hypogeous fungi which live in symbiosis with plant host roots in order to
accomplish their life cycle. Some species, such as Tuber magnatum Pico, the 'white truffle' …

A multigene phylogeny demonstrates that Tuber aestivum and Tuber uncinatum are conspecific

V Molinier, D Van Tuinen, G Chevalier… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2013 - Springer
For almost 2 centuries it has been disputed whether Tuber aestivum and Tuber uncinatum
constitute two different species of truffles. Molecular markers have been applied previously …

Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Tuber brumale aggr.

Z Merényi, T Varga, J Geml, ÁK Orczán, G Chevalier… - Mycorrhiza, 2014 - Springer
The Tuber brumale (winter truffle) is a black truffle reported from most European countries,
belonging to the Melanosporum group. Its significance in the economy is ambivalent as the …

Cloning and characterization of two repeated sequences in the symbiotic fungus Tuber melanosporum Vitt.

F Paolocci, A Rubini, C Riccioni… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Two repeated DNA sequences of European strains of the symbiotic fungus Tuber
melanosporum were isolated and characterized. One of these, SS14, representing about …

Selection of a set of specific primers for the identification of Tuber rufum: a truffle species with high genetic variability

M Iotti, A Amicucci, G Bonito, E Bonuso… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Tuber rufum is a truffle widely distributed throughout Europe, which forms mycorrhizal
associations with numerous species of broadleaf and coniferous trees. The possibility of T …