Successes and challenges in the sustainable cultivation of edible mycorrhizal fungi–furthering the dream

A Guerin-Laguette - Mycoscience, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The cultivation of edible mycorrhizal fungi (EMF) has made great progress since the first
cultivation of Tuber melanosporum in 1977 but remains in its infancy. Five cultivation steps …

Truffle market evolution: an application of the Delphi method

D Oliach, E Vidale, A Brenko, O Marois, N Andrighetto… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The objective of this study was to analyze the current situation of the truffle
sector in the main producing countries of the Mediterranean area. Additionally, we identified …

[HTML][HTML] Ectomycorrhizal fungi with hydrophobic mycelia and rhizomorphs dominate in young pine trees surviving experimental drought stress

C Castaño, E Suarez-Vidal, R Zas, JA Bonet… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycorrhizal fungi can help plants to cope with drought, but research on the fungal
communities that are more resistant to drought or alleviate drought stress of trees is still …

Interannual dynamics of Tuber melanosporum and fungal communities in productive black truffle orchards amended with truffle nests

S Garcia-Barreda, P Marco, G Bonito… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Truffle growers devote great efforts to improve black truffle productivity, developing
agronomic practices such as 'truffle nests'(peat amendments that are supplemented with …

Fungal and Bacterial Communities in Tuber melanosporum Plantations from Northern Spain

C Herrero de Aza, S Armenteros, J McDermott… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuber melanosporum (Ascomycota, Pezizales) is an ectomycorrhizal fungus that produces
highly appreciated hypogeous fruiting bodies called black truffles. The aim of this paper was …

Aromatic changes in home-made truffle products after heat treatments

E Tejedor-Calvo, D Morales, MÁ Sanz… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Truffles are highly valued by their aromatic properties and can aromatize food products.
However, the truffle aroma could be reduced or lost with heat treatments (pasteurization and …

[HTML][HTML] Risk and reward of the global truffle sector under predicted climate change

T Čejka, EL Isaac, D Oliach… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

White mulch and irrigation increase black truffle soil mycelium when competing with summer truffle in young truffle orchards

Y Piñuela, JG Alday, D Oliach, C Castaño, F Bolaño… - Mycorrhiza, 2021 - Springer
The black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.) and the summer truffle (Tuber aestivum
Vittad.) are two of the most appreciated edible fungi worldwide. The natural distributions of …

Soil fungal community and mating type development of Tuber melanosporum in a 20-year chronosequence of black truffle plantations

D Oliach, C Castaño, CR Fischer… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Black truffle plantations are established on the basis that Tuber melanosporum Vittad.
spreads from artificially inoculated trees. Although truffle cultivation has progressed …

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 …