Biology:Tuber (fungus)

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Tuber
Tuber gibbosum 85547.jpg
Tuber gibbosum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
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". International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=5629. 
  2. Maccarrone, Mauro (2020-12-01). "Phytocannabinoids and endocannabinoids: different in nature" (in en). 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. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mtax/mt/2015/00000130/00000004/art00023. 
  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 2nd; 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7850807 entry