Tuber (fungus)

Tuber
Tuber gibbosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Tuberaceae
Genus:	Tuber P.Micheli ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Type species
Tuber aestivum (Wulfen) Spreng. (1827)
Synonyms [1]
List TuberP.Micheli Tuberium Raf. Aschion Wallr. EnsalutaZobel LespiaultiniaZobel OogasterCorda Tuber subg. VittadinionZobel VittadinionZobel Terfeziopsis Harkn. Delastreopsis Mattir. Mukagomyces S.Imai

Harvested white truffle (Tuber magnatum) at Ceva, Cuneo, Italy

Tuber is a genus in the fungal family Tuberaceae, with estimated molecular dating to the end of the Jurassic period (156 Mya). ^[2] It includes several species of truffles that are highly valued as delicacies.

New discoveries

In 2015, a new species Tuber petrophilum (close relative to Tuber melanosporum and Tuber brumale ) was discovered in the Dinaric Alps (Southeastern Europe, Serbia). ^[3] In 2016, two new species were discovered in Brazil. Tuber floridanum (with the commercial name Trufa Sapucaya meaning 'The last Guarany breath') and Tuber brennemanii grow in association with pecan rootlets. ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of Tuber (fungus) species

References

1. "Tuber P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg. 1780". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
2. Maccarrone, Mauro (2020-12-01). "Phytocannabinoids and endocannabinoids: different in nature". Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali. 31 (4): 931–938. doi: 10.1007/s12210-020-00957-z . ISSN   1720-0776.
3. Milenković, Miroljub; Grebenc, Tine; Marković, Miroslav; Ivančević, Boris (October–December 2015). "Tuber petrophilum, a new truffle species from Serbia". Mycotaxon. 130 (4): 1141–1152. doi: 10.5248/130.1141 .
4. Marcelo Aloisio Sulzbacher; Jonas Janner Hamann; Diniz Fronza; Rodrigo Josemar Seminoti Jacques; Admir José Giachini; Tine Grebenc; Zaida Inês Antoniolli (2019). "FUNGOS ECTOMICORRÍZICOS EM PLANTAÇÕES DE NOGUEIRA-PECÃ E O POTENCIAL DA TRUFICULTURA NO BRASIL". Ciênc. Florest. 29–2 (2): 975–987. doi: 10.5902/1980509827581 .
5. Arthur C. Grupe II; Marcelo A. Sulzbacher; Tine Grebenc; Rosanne Healy; Gregory Bonito; Matthew E. Smith (2018). "Tuber brennemanii and Tuber floridanum: Two new Tuber species are among the most commonly detected ectomycorrhizal taxa within commercial pecan (Carya illinoinensis) orchards". Mycologia. 110 (4): 780–790. doi:10.1080/00275514.2018.1490121. PMID   30130456. S2CID   52056622.

External links

• "The Lightning and the Truffle". University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022.