Black truffle plantations are established on the basis that Tuber melanosporum Vittad.
spreads from artificially inoculated trees. Although truffle cultivation has progressed …

Black truffles are a highly valued non-wood forest product. The success of truffle plantations
is arousing the interest to establish orchards within forest settings. One main concern is that …

Successful cultivation of black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) requires a long-term investment
and the maintenance of the symbiosis throughout its preproductive and productive years …

Major breakthroughs in our understanding of the life cycles of the symbiotic ascomycetes
belonging to the genus Tuber have occurred over the last several years. A number of Tuber …

In light of the recent finding that Tuber melanosporum, the ectomycorrhizal ascomycete that
produces the most highly prized black truffles, is a heterothallic species, we monitored the …

Truffle growers devote great efforts to improve black truffle productivity, developing
agronomic practices such as 'truffle nests'(peat amendments that are supplemented with …

Aim of study: To explore the diversity of soil fungi found in black truffle (Tuber
melanosporum) plantations following the introduction of the mycorrhizal-colonized host …

The Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.) is an ectomycorrhizal fungus
forming edible fructifications. The production of T. melanosporum relies mainly on man …

Truffles are hypogeous ectomycorrhizal fungi. Of all the different species, Tuber
melanosporum is one of the most popular on the truffle market. The aim of this work was to …

Fungi fruiting hypogeously are believed to form spore banks in soil especially because
some fruitbodies are not removed by animals. However, little is known on the proportion of …