True Truffle (Tuber spp.) in the World

Part I. Phylogeny

1. General Systematic Position of the Truffles: Evolutionary Theories
Gregory M. Bonito, Matthew E. Smith

2. The Black Truffles Tuber melanosporum and Tuber indicum

Juan Chen, Claude Murat, Peter Oviatt, Yongjin Wang, François Le Tacon

3. The Burgundy Truffle (Tuber aestivum syn. uncinatum): A Truffle Species with a Wide Habitat Range over Europe
Virginie Molinier, Martina Peter, Ulrich Stobbe, Simon Egli

4.
Tuber brumale: A Controversial Tuber Species
Zsolt Merényi, Torda Varga, Zoltán Bratek

5. Taxonomy, Biology and Ecology of Tuber macrosporum Vittad. and Tuber mesentericum Vittad.
Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci, Andrea Gógán Csorbai, Leonardo Baciarelli Falini, Giorgio Marozzi, Edoardo Suriano, Nicola Sitta, Domizia Donnini

6.
Tuber magnatum: The Special One. What Makes It so Different from the Other Tuber spp.?
Claudia Riccioni, Andrea Rubini, Beatrice Belfiori, Gianluigi Gregori, Francesco Paolocci

7. The Puberulum Group Sensu Lato (Whitish Truffles)
Enrico Lancellotti, Mirco Iotti, Alessandra Zambonelli, Antonio Franceschini

8. A Brief Overview of the Systematics, Taxonomy, and Ecology of the Tuber rufum Clade
Rosanne Healy, Gregory M. Bonito, Matthew E. Smith

9. Truffle Genomics: Investigating an Early Diverging Lineage of Pezizomycotina

Claude Murat, Francis Martin

Part II. The Abiotic Environment

10. Influence of Climate on Natural Distribution of Tuber Species and Truffle Production
François Le Tacon

11. Soil Characteristics of Tuber melanosporum Habitat
Benoît Jaillard, Daniel Oliach, Pierre Sourzat, Carlos Colinas

12. Soil Characteristics for Tuber magnatum

Gilberto Bragato, Žaklina S. Marjanović

13. Soil Characteristics for Tuber aestivum (Syn. T. uncinatum)
Christophe Robin, Noémie Goutal-Pousse, François Le Tacon

14. Soils and Vegetation in Natural Habitats of Tuber indicum in China
François Le Tacon, Yongjin Wang, Noémie Goutal-Pousse

Part III. The Biotic Environment

15. Tools to Trace Truffles in Soil
Javier Parladé, Herminia Varga, Joan Pera

16. True Truffle Host Diversity
Milan Gryndler

17. Truffle-Inhabiting Fungi
Giovanni Pacioni, Marco Leonardi

18. Truffle-Associated Bacteria: Extrapolation from Diversity to Function
Elena Barbieri, Paola Ceccaroli, Deborah Agostini, Sabrina Donati Zeppa, Anna Maria Gioacchini, Vilberto Stocchi

19. Biodiversity and Ecology of Soil Fauna in Relation to Truffle
Cristina Menta, Stefania Pinto

20. Mycoviruses Infecting True Truffles
Claudio Ratti, Mirco Iotti, Alessandra Zambonelli, Federica Terlizzi

Part IV. Spore Dispersal

21. Truffles and Small Mammals
Alexander Urban

22. Interrelationships Between Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) and Truffles
Federica Piattoni, Francesca Ori, Antonella Amicucci, Elena Salerni, Alessandra Zambonelli

Part V. Biochemistry

23. The Smell of Truffles: From Aroma Biosynthesis to Product Quality
Richard Splivallo, Laura Culleré

24. A Proteomic View of Truffles: Aspects of Primary Metabolism and Molecular Processes During Their Life Cycle
Antonella Amicucci, Marselina Arshakyan, Paola Ceccaroli, Francesco Palma, Giovanni Piccoli, Roberta Saltarelli, Vilberto Stocchi, Luciana Vallorani

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