• Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.55-62
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• 2006

Certain European truffles including Tuber melanosporum (Perigord black truffle) and T. aestivum(Burgundy truffle), are valuable food commodities, selling for hundreds of dollars per kilogram worldwide. These underground(hypogeous) mushrooms may become profitable agroforestry crops in the south-central United States. Native to Europe, T. melanosporum and T. aestivum are being cultivated to a limited extent and with mixed results in New Zealand and the United States. Tuber species grow mutualistically as ectomycorrhizae with the roots of compatible host trees including white and evergreen oaks(Quercus spp.) and hazels(Corylus spp.). Tuber melanosporum and T. aestivum have environmental requirements compatible with conductive sites in the south central US. Climatic and edaphic conditions for cultivating T. melanosporum are more constraining, but T. melanosporum also commands a much higher price.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.23 no.1 s.72
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• pp.10-13
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• 1995

The hypogeous ascomycete, Tuber aestivum subsp. uncinatum was isolated and identified for the first time in Korea from Quercus forest soil in Kyeryong-san National Park in August, 1992. The fungus is reported here with Korean name and English description. The specimen cited is deposited in herbarium of Department of Microbiology, Taejon University.

• Journal of Mushroom
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.227-234
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• 2022

This study analyzed Tuber melanosporum, Tuber aestivum,and Tuber magnatum, specifically the content of 𝛽-glucan, amino acids, nucleic acid-related substances, vitamin C, and ergosterol. The 𝛽-glucan content was highest in T. magnatum (20.54%). The free amino acid content was highest in T. aestivum, with the major amino acids being cystine, glutamic acid, and aspartic acid. The total amino acid content was the highest in T. magnatum, the primary amino acids being cystine, glutamic acid, and lysine. The content of nucleotide related compounds was the highest in T. magnatum (5.09 mg/100 g). The highest content of vitamin C (10.15 mg/100 g) and ergosterol (596.91 mg/100 g) was found in T. magnatum, which had the highest useful component content among the three truffles. Additional studies investigating the variation in useful components according to collection time and growth environment are needed.