The black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) is a highly revered culinary icon species that grows
symbiotically with its host trees across several parts of southern Europe. Where harvested …

The unprecedented price inflation of Black truffles, recently exceeding 5000 Euro kg− 1 (in
Zurich), is a combined result of increasing global demands and decreasing Mediterranean …

Climate change affects the distribution of many species, including Burgundy and Périgord
truffles in central and southern Europe, respectively. The cultivation potential of these high …

Climate change has been described as the main threat for the cultivation and growth of
truffles, but hydroclimate variability and model uncertainty challenge regional projections …

Black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) is a highly-appreciated fungus that grows below ground
during several months, undergoing a series of morphogenetic stages before it is harvested …

Global warming is pushing populations outside their range of physiological tolerance.
According to the environmental envelope framework, the most vulnerable populations occur …

In this chapter, the past migrations of the genus Tuber are first analysed. Then the current
natural distribution of the main commercialised species related to current climatic …

Truffles, ie tree root-associated fungal fruiting bodies, clearly range among the world's most
exclusive delicacies. Despite the quite restricted natural geographic occurrence of one of the …

Abstract From 1903–1904 to 1988–1989, the two World Wars and sociological factors as
rural desertification and changes in land uses mainly explained the decline of black truffle …

Production of the black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.) has experienced a decline in
France over the last century. Different sociological factors as well as climate change have …