Almost all land plants form symbiotic associations with mycorrhizal fungi. These below‐
ground fungi play a key role in terrestrial ecosystems as they regulate nutrient and carbon …

Mycorrhizal symbioses between plants and fungi are vital for the soil structure, nutrient
cycling, plant diversity, and ecosystem sustainability. More than 250 000 plant species are …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Although truffles are cultivated since decades, their life cycle and the conditions stimulating
ascocarp formation still remain mysterious. A role for bacteria in the development of several …

Aim of study: In recent decades the cultivation of the black truffle Tuber melanosporum has
expanded across all the Mediterranean-climate regions, but also to other regions outside the …

Serendipitous findings and studies on Tuber species suggest that some ectomycorrhizal
fungi, beyond their complex interaction with ectomycorrhizal hosts, also colonise roots of …

Truffles are ascomycetous ectomycorrhizal fungi that have elevated status in the culinary
field due to their unique aroma and taste as well as their nutritional value and potential …

The first commercialization of seedlings inoculated with truffle fungi occurred in 1973. Over
the last 40 years, considerable progress has been made relative to quality control for …

Network analysis has successfully been applied to investigate ecological interactions. Most
information about the structure of ecological networks is derived from aboveground …

Key message Several aspects of the life cycle of the Périgord black truffle have been
elucidated only recently, while others remain either controversial or unstudied. In this paper …