Whitish truffles found in Finland: soil characteristics, and identification based on morphological and molecular properties.

Autor: Marathe SJ; Juva Truffle Center, Juva, Finland. sandeshmarathe92@gmail.com., Marozzi G; Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Lorenzi L; Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Donnini D; Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Baciarelli Falini L; Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Bashein AM; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya., Shamekh S; Juva Truffle Center, Juva, Finland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of microbiology [Arch Microbiol] 2023 Mar 09; Vol. 205 (4), pp. 111. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 09.
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03451-w
Abstrakt: The growing demand for truffles has led to a global pursuit for their occurrence in the wild, and studies concerning their cultivation. Although European countries such as Italy, France and Spain have been known for truffle production, truffle hunting is new to Finland. The present study reports for the first time, the findings of Tuber maculatum in Finland on the basis of morphological and molecular analysis. The chemical characteristics of soil samples collected from the truffle sites have also been discussed. The species of the Tuber samples were identified primarily using morphological analysis. Molecular analysis was carried out for the confirmation of the identity of the species. Two phylogenetic trees were constructed based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences produced in this study and including representative sequences of whitish truffles available in GenBank. The truffles were identified as T. maculatum and T. anniae. This study could be considered as a basis for encouraging research on findings and identification of truffles in Finland.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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