Tuber (fungus)
{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Tuber gibbosum 85547.jpg
| image_caption = Tuber gibbosum
| taxon = Tuber
| authority = P.Micheli ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
| type_species = Tuber aestivum
| type_species_authority = (Wulfen) Spreng. (1827)
| synonyms = {{Collapsible list|bullets=yes
|Tuber {{au|P.Micheli}}
|Tuberium {{au|Raf.}}
|Aschion {{au|Wallr.}}
|Ensaluta {{au|Zobel}}
|Lespiaultinia {{au|Zobel}}
|Oogaster {{au|Corda}}
|Tuber subg. Vittadinion {{au|Zobel}}
|Vittadinion {{au|Zobel}}
|Terfeziopsis {{au|Harkn.}}
|Delastreopsis {{au|Mattir.}}
|Mukagomyces {{au|S.Imai}}
}}
}}
File:Tuber_magnatum_Picco_690635.jpg (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).{{Cite journal|last=Maccarrone|first=Mauro|date=2020-12-01|title=Phytocannabinoids and endocannabinoids: different in nature|journal=Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali|language=en|volume=31|issue=4|pages=931–938|doi=10.1007/s12210-020-00957-z|issn=1720-0776|doi-access=free}} 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).{{cite journal |last1=Milenković |first1=Miroljub |last2=Grebenc |first2=Tine |last3=Marković |first3=Miroslav |last4=Ivančević |first4=Boris |title=Tuber petrophilum, a new truffle species from Serbia |journal=Mycotaxon |date=October–December 2015 |volume=130 |issue=4 |pages=1141–1152 |doi=10.5248/130.1141 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/393266 |ref=Milenković et al. 2015|doi-access=free }} 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.{{cite journal |author1=Marcelo Aloisio Sulzbacher |author2=Jonas Janner Hamann |author3=Diniz Fronza |author4=Rodrigo Josemar Seminoti Jacques |author5=Admir José Giachini |author6=Tine Grebenc |author7=Zaida Inês Antoniolli |title=FUNGOS ECTOMICORRÍZICOS EM PLANTAÇÕES DE NOGUEIRA-PECÃ E O POTENCIAL DA TRUFICULTURA NO BRASIL |journal=Ciênc. Florest |year=2019 |volume=29-2|issue=2 | pages=975–987 |doi=10.5902/1980509827581|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |author1=Arthur C Grupe 2nd |author2=Marcelo A Sulzbacher |author3=Tine Grebenc |author4=Rosanne Healy |author5=Gregory Bonito |author6=Matthew E Smith|title=Tuber brennemanii and Tuber floridanum: Two new Tuber species are among the most commonly detected ectomycorrhizal taxa within commercial pecan (Carya illinoinensis) orchards|journal=Mycologia |year=2018 |volume=110|issue=4 |pages=780–790 |doi=10.1080/00275514.2018.1490121 |pmid=30130456 |s2cid=52056622 |url=}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/more.html|title=The Lightning and the Truffle|publisher=University of Wisconsin–La Crosse|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124095007/http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/more.html|archive-date=January 24, 2022}}
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