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The Puberulum Group Sensu Lato (Whitish Truffles)

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True Truffle (Tuber spp.) in the World

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Abstract

Tuber species in the Puberulum group sensu lato (s.l.) produce small and light-colored ascomata with alveolate-reticulated ascospores. Members of this group are commonly called “whitish truffles”. Puberulum group s.l. is the most widely distributed group, has the highest species richness within Tuber genus, and includes commercially valuable species which are becoming increasingly popular in the marketplace. This chapter aimed to investigate the phylogenetic relationships and the diversity within Puberulum group s.l. based on the recent findings and the screening of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequences available in GenBank database. We attempted to select an ITS reference sequence and, consequently, to assess the current extent of misidentified entries for each whitish truffle species. Further, we reported the geographical distribution and intraspecific variability of each member of the Puberulum group s.l. as well as the description of mycorrhizas formed by this group of fungi.

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  1. Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, via Enrico De Nicola 1, 07100, Sassari, Italy

    Enrico Lancellotti & Antonio Franceschini

  2. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 1, I-67100, L’Aquila, Italy

    Mirco Iotti

  3. Department of Agricultural Science, University of Bologna, viale Fanin 46, 40127, Bologna, Italy

    Alessandra Zambonelli

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    Mirco Iotti

  3. Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes Lab of Excellence ARBRE, INRA, Université de Lorraine, Champenoux, France

    Claude Murat

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Lancellotti, E., Iotti, M., Zambonelli, A., Franceschini, A. (2016). The Puberulum Group Sensu Lato (Whitish Truffles). In: Zambonelli, A., Iotti, M., Murat, C. (eds) True Truffle (Tuber spp.) in the World. Soil Biology, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31436-5_7

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