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A review of research on Chinese Tuber species

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Truffles are abundant in some regions of China. Nevertheless, it was not until the 1980s that Tuber species were discovered by Chinese mycologists. In recent years, international truffle markets have shown an increasing interest in the import of Chinese Tuber. These truffles serve as a complement to European truffles due to their lower prices and their greater availability in a deficit market. However, Chinese truffles have been the subject of fraudulent commercial practices, and these could have a negative effect on truffle culture. These concerns have been behind numerous recent studies designed to obtain detailed information about Chinese Tuber species. Unfortunately, many of these studies are not published in English, and are dispersed throughout the specific local or national bibliography and proceedings of specialized truffle conferences. In view of the need to expand current knowledge of Chinese Tuber species, we present a comprehensive summary of the taxonomy, ecology, mycorrhizae, genetics, biochemistry, and cultivation of Chinese Tuber species. We also provide a synthetic taxonomy and morphological characterization of 16 Chinese Tuber species in order to assist in their verification and monitoring.

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The authors are grateful to Professor Dr. M. Castellano for his very valuable corrections, comments, and suggestions. We also thank the referees and the editor Dr. Franz Oberwinkler for their work, which has enabled us to improve the manuscript and increase the scope of our proposals. We thank Rocío (Totio), Margarita, Luis, Pablo, and Miriam for their support and collaboration. We would also like to express our gratitude to Mª Cruz Gómez-Llano, Faustino Correas and the staff at the University Library of E.T.S.I. Montes (UPM) for their help with the bibliography research, and to Prudence Brooke-Turner for her linguistic assistance. This work will be presented in as part of a MSc thesis at Complutense University in Madrid.

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    Luis G. García-Montero

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    Paloma Díaz

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García-Montero, L.G., Díaz, P., Di Massimo, G. et al. A review of research on Chinese Tuber species. Mycol Progress 9, 315–335 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-009-0647-8

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