Truffles are the most delicious, rare and most expensive edible fungi in the world. Interest on truffles has continuously grown in Iran during the past two decades. The oldest data on Iranian truffles were reported by Chatin who proposed the names Terfezia aphroditis Chatin and T. hanotauxii Chatin for samples collected in Iran (Chatin 1897, Esfandiari & Petrak 1950).During the last 70 years, s...

desert truffles, hypogeous pezizales (ascomycota), are difficult to identify due to evolutionary convergence of morphological characters among taxa that share a similar habitat and mode of spore dispersal. in this paper we document the presence of picoa lefebvrei (pat.) maire (=phaeangium lefebvrei) in iran and use phylogenetic analysis of the its and 28s rdna to show that this species belongs ...

ABSTRACT- Desert truffles are hypogeous ascomyceteous ectomycorrhizal fungi, occurring in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. A PCR-based method was developed for the identification of 3 major desert truffles of Iran: Terfezia claveryi, Tirmania pinoyi and Tirmania nivea based on internal transcribed spacers of rDNA. Two specific PCR primers were designed for T. claveryi, 4 for T. pinoyi, and 2 for ...

desert truffles, hypogeous pezizales (ascomycota), are difficult to identify due to evolutionary convergence of morphological characters among taxa that share a similar habitat and mode of spore dispersal. in this paper we document the presence of picoa lefebvrei (pat.) maire (=phaeangium lefebvrei) in iran and use phylogenetic analysis of the its and 28s rdna to show that this species belon...

abstract- desert truffles are hypogeous ascomyceteous ectomycorrhizal fungi, occurring in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. a pcr-based method was developed for the identification of 3 major desert truffles of iran: terfezia claveryi, tirmania pinoyi and tirmania nivea based on internal transcribed spacers of rdna. two specific pcr primers were designed for t. claveryi, 4 for t. pinoyi, and 2 for ...

Background: Kalahari truffle (Kalaharituber pfeilii) is found in the Kalahari desert and nearby regions (Africa). This study assessed the microbiological quality and safety, mycotoxins, and heavy metals contents of raw Kalahari truffle sold in Namibia. Methods: Batches of Kalahari truffles were purchased from informal markets and different vendors in Namibia. Total aerobic, coliform, yeast, an...

The distribution and abundance of the various truffle species are influenced by climate, soil, vegetation conditions. setting these characteristics is necessary for potential species’ cultivation. Here, we describe ecological Moroccan truffles desert their associations with host plants. We also determine climate soil parameters relating to geographic fructification truffles. In contrast truffle...