Definition of Tuber melanosporum. Meaning of Tuber melanosporum. Synonyms of Tuber melanosporum

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Definition of Tuber melanosporum

Tuber melanosporum
Truffle Truf"fle (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. Tuber, Trifle.] Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. [ae]stivum) are much esteemed as articles of food. Truffle worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious to truffles.

Meaning of Tuber melanosporum from wikipedia

- Tuber melanosporum, called the black truffle, Périgord truffle or French black truffle, is a species of truffle native to Southern Europe. It is one of...
- valued as delicacies. In 2015 a new species Tuber petrophilum (close relative to Tuber melanosporum and Tuber brumale) was discovered in the Dinaric Alps...
- natural environments. The black truffle or black Périgord truffle (Tuber melanosporum), the second-most commercially valuable species, is named after the...
- States and Italy. It is sold commercially and often confused with Tuber melanosporum. The species was originally described in the Himalayas by Cooke and...
- The summer truffle (Tuber aestivum) or burgundy truffle (Tuber uncinatum) is a species of truffle, found in almost all European countries. In cuisine and...
- (typical of coastal areas) it also bears fruit in black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) habitat at higher altitudes. It grows well in soils with a pH of...
- truffle orchards. M. Mamoun; J. M. Olivier (1993), "Competition between Tuber melanosporum and other ectomycorrhizal fungi under two irrigation regimes", Plant...
- fungi in Great Britain. In the Mediterranean, the Black Truffle (Tuber melanosporum) is found on the roots. In 2003, the US Food and Drug Administration...
- fungi, such as truffles (e.g. French black truffle (Tuber melanosporum), Italian white truffle (Tuber magnatum), chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius), porcini...
- PMID 20673286. Mamoun, M.; Olivier, J. M. (1993). "Competition between Tuber melanosporum and other ectomycorrhizal fungi under two irrigation regimes". Plant...