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The Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.) can mycorrhize with rockroses (Cistus L.) in Mediterranean forests. These shrubs may be of interest for truffle cultivation as they produce early carpophores, collaborate in tree mycorrhization and in the survival of Tuber melanosporum mycelium. However, there are very few quantitative studies on truffle production associated with Cistus. For this reason, we have carried out a study on the natural production of Tuber melanosporum associated with Cistus laurifolius L. in central Spain. An Anova test confirmed the existence of significant differences in carpophore production in four habitats, with and without the presence of C. laurifolius. Twenty-one burns associated with C. laurifolius showed less significant production than the rest. We also confirmed that in 122 burns, Tuber melanosporum was always unequivocally associated with the root base of Quercus L. or Corylus L. trees. Similarly, five truffle-collectors confirmed that they had never found a single burn with carpophore production associated exclusively with rockroses. It has also been statistically verified that many Cistus die in Tuber melanosporum burns, whereas in old burns with minimum carpophore production, a new colonization of young Cistus has been observed. This study also confirms that C. laurifolius mycorrhizes easily with Tuber melanosporum. We propose that Cistus laurifolius may act as transmitters of Tuber melanosporum, although they do not induce fruiting. Consequently, the commercial cultivation of Cistus laurifolius mycorrhized with Tuber melanosporum for production is not recommended in truffle culture. The results reported substantiate the negative observations in cultivations of T. melanosporum with other Cistus species.
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We would like to thank Domingo, J.L. Manjón, G. Di Massimo and J. Díaz for their teachings, and Margarita, Luis, J. Álvarez, and P. Díaz for their support and collaboration. The authors especially wish to thank Domingo padre, Abel, Pepe, Jose María and the other truffle collectors, and all the inhabitants and Council of Peralejos de las Truchas for their invaluable contribution to this study. We thank the authorities at the Alto Tajo Nature Reserve. The research dealt with in this article forms part of an agreement signed between the I.T.D.A. and the Instituto Madrileño de Investigaciones Agrarias (I.M.I.A.) entitled “Estudio ecológico y edáfico preliminar de hábitats ibéricos de la trufa negra en relación con el cultivo del I.T.D.A.” and the Project FP-01-41 del I.M.I.A. granted in 2001. We thank Prudence Rowan Brooke-Turner translation.
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García-Montero, L.G., Pascual, C., García-Abril, A. et al. Problems of using rockroses in Tuber melanosporum culture: soil and truffle harvest associated with Cistus laurifolius . Agroforest Syst 70, 251–258 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-007-9053-x
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