Tuber (fungus)

Tuber is a genus in the fungal family Tuberaceae, with estimated molecular dating to the end of the Jurassic period (156 Mya).^[2] It includes several species of truffles that are highly valued as delicacies.

Tuber
Tuber gibbosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Tuberaceae
Genus:	Tuber P.Micheli ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Type species
Tuber aestivum (Wulfen) Spreng. (1827)
Synonyms[1]
List Tuber P.Micheli Tuberium Raf. Aschion Wallr. Ensaluta Zobel Lespiaultinia Zobel Oogaster Corda Tuber subg. Vittadinion Zobel Vittadinion Zobel Terfeziopsis Harkn. Delastreopsis Mattir. Mukagomyces S.Imai

Harvested white truffle (Tuber magnatum) at Ceva, Cuneo, Italy

New discoveries

In 2015, a new species Tuber petrophilum (close relative to Tuber melanosporum and Tuber brumale) was discovered in the Dinaric Alps (Southeastern Europe, Serbia).^[3] In 2016, two new species were discovered in Brazil. Tuber floridanum (with the commercial name Trufa Sapucaya meaning 'The last Guarany breath') and Tuber brennemanii grow in association with pecan rootlets.^[4][5]

See also

• List of Tuber (fungus) species