{"title":"First Record of Summer Truffle (Tuber aestivum) in Portugal","authors":"Celeste Santos-Silva, C. Brígido","doi":"10.3390/microbiolres15030101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Tuber aestivum, commonly known as the summer truffle, is typically found in various parts of Europe where it grows naturally. However, its presence in Portugal was not confirmed until now. The first fruit bodies were collected in April 2024 at stone pine stands (Alenquer and Arruda dos Vinhos, Lisbon) and in June at holm oak stands (Salir, Faro). These specimens are characterized by hypogeous, subglobose, black ascomata with a peridium surface covered with pyramidal warts. Ascopores are subglobose-to-broadly ellipsoid, distinctively ornamented, usually 1–6 per asci. According to the results of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequence analysis, these specimens form a well-supported group within the Aestivum clade, with T. aestivum being the closest phylogenetic taxon. This remarkable discovery opens up new opportunities for truffle exploitation in Portugal thanks to the summer truffle’s gastronomical value and high market prices.","PeriodicalId":43788,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Microbiology Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres15030101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tuber aestivum, commonly known as the summer truffle, is typically found in various parts of Europe where it grows naturally. However, its presence in Portugal was not confirmed until now. The first fruit bodies were collected in April 2024 at stone pine stands (Alenquer and Arruda dos Vinhos, Lisbon) and in June at holm oak stands (Salir, Faro). These specimens are characterized by hypogeous, subglobose, black ascomata with a peridium surface covered with pyramidal warts. Ascopores are subglobose-to-broadly ellipsoid, distinctively ornamented, usually 1–6 per asci. According to the results of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequence analysis, these specimens form a well-supported group within the Aestivum clade, with T. aestivum being the closest phylogenetic taxon. This remarkable discovery opens up new opportunities for truffle exploitation in Portugal thanks to the summer truffle’s gastronomical value and high market prices.
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