Desert truffles are edible hypogeous (forming fruit bodies below ground) fungi that grow in
semi-arid and arid areas. They are highly valued for both their culinary and medicinal …

Perhaps with the exception of a small number of cultivated saprobic species, the true truffles
(Tuber spp.) command the attention of more scientists than other species of mushroom …

Ten truffle species of Tuber and Terfezia genera were chemical characterized, assessing
their proximate composition, individual nutrient compounds and some bioactive molecules …

Warmer and drier conditions associated with ongoing climate change will increase abiotic
stress for plants and mycorrhizal fungi in drylands world‐wide, thereby potentially reducing …

A comprehensive morphological and genetic study of type material and new collections of
sequestrate Russulales species formerly belonging to the genera Arcangeliella …

For the first time, arbutoid mycorrhizas established between Tuber borchii and Arbutus
unedo were described. Analyzed mycorrhizas were from one T. borchii natural truffle …

Two new species of Terfezia, Terfezia grisea and Terfezia cistophila, are documented from
Spain and Greece, based on morphology and ITS-rDNA sequence data. Macro and micro …

The distribution and abundance of the various truffle species are influenced by the climate,
soil, and vegetation conditions. The setting of these characteristics is necessary for the …

This chapter summarizes the latest basic and applied advances in desert truffle research
carried out to improve our knowledge of the biodiversity, physiology, biotechnology, and …

Desert truffle is becoming a new crop in semiarid areas. Climatic parameters and the
presence of microorganisms influence the host plant physiology and alter desert truffle …