Desert truffles are edible hypogeous (forming fruit bodies below ground) fungi that grow in semi-arid and arid areas. They highly valued for both their culinary medicinal properties the Mediterranean basin, Middle East Gulf form mycorrhizae mostly with plants belonging to Cistaceae family, mainly Helianthemum species. These still, usually, collected from wild, but loss of habitats due urbanizat...

The dissolution kinetics of the Abu-Tartur phosphate rock using dilute hydrochloric acid has been investigated. The influence of acid concentration, liquid/solid ratio, particle size and temperature was studied to explore the dissolution kinetics of phosphate rock. It was found that the leaching rate increases with increasing the acid concentration, liquid/solid ratio, temperature and decreases...

The article deals with the issues of sustainable development world market cultivated mushrooms. authors have studied time series gross value, volumes imports and exports, price index for mushrooms truffles in order to analyze their growth dynamics. results calculations carried out using statistical database Food Agriculture Organization United Nations from 1961 2022 showed that indicated are no...

Tuber melanosporum (Ascomycota, Pezizales) is an ectomycorrhizal fungus that produces highly appreciated hypogeous fruiting bodies called black truffles. The aim of this paper was to research the composition ectomycorrhiza-associated fungal and bacterial communities in T. oak plantations. Results showed competitive effect on other species, especially mycorrhizal pathogenic species. shown be ass...