Truffles: Much more than a prized and local fungal delicacy

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Mello, Antonietta ^a   Murat, Claude ^b   Bonfante, Paola ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental microbiology; Molecular identification; Truffle ground; Truffles

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TUBER (GENUS); TUBER AESTIVUM; TUBER MAGNATUM; TUBER MELANOSPORUM;

ASCOMYCOTA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FUNGI; TUBER (TRUFFLE); TUBER MAGNATUM; TUBER MELANOSPORUM;

EID: 33745038020     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00252.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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