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Genetic variability of Tuber uncinatum and its relatedness to other black truffles.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2002
Mello Antonietta, Cantisani Annamaria, Vizzini Alfredo, Bonfante Paola
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variability is one of the major survival strategies developed by symbiotic fungi. We focused on the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tuber uncinatum Chatin that produces edible ascomata. In order to understand the degree of its variability and its relatedness to another morphologically-similar truffle, T. aestivum Vittad., ascomata of T. uncinatum were collected from a single natural truffle-ground located in the...
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