Tuber P. Micheli ex F.H. Wigg.
(a genus of truffles)

Interactions where Tuber is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with root of plant UK/Ireland Epipactis dunensis Dune Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development, Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Tuberaceae/Tuber/Tubera genus of truffleslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis dunensis/Epipactis dunensisdune helleborinerootplant
(live) live mycelium is mycorrhizal with live root ForeignMajor Epipactis helleborine Broad-leaved Helleborine Asparagales: Orchidaceae Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
Epipactis helleborine shows strong mycorrhizal preference towards ectomycorrhizal fungi with contrasting geographic distributions in Japan, Ogura-Tsujita, Y. & Yukawa, T., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Tuberaceae/Tuber/Tubera genus of truffleslivemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhizaForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Epipactis helleborine/Epipactis helleborinebroad-leaved helleborineliverootMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Bidartondo, M.I. & Read, D.J., 2008Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and developmentMolecular Ecology Vol 17: 3707-3716.
Harrap, A. & S., 2009Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd
Ogura-Tsujita, Y. & Yukawa, T., 2008Epipactis helleborine shows strong mycorrhizal preference towards ectomycorrhizal fungi with contrasting geographic distributions in JapanMycorrhiza 18: 331-338.

Tuber (a genus of truffles) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tuber (a genus of truffles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Tuber aestivum
Summer Truffle
Species 4 references
Tuber excavatum
Hollowed Truffle
Species 1 references
Tuber maculatum
a truffle
Species 1 references
Tuber puberulum
Downy Truffle
Species 1 trophisms
Tuber rapaeodorum
a truffle
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTuber (a genus of truffles)
FamilyTUBERACEAE (a family of truffles)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tuber (a genus of truffles)

Tuber (a genus of truffles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Leake, J.R. 2005 Plants parasitic on fungi: unearthing the fungi in myco-heterotrophs and debunking the "saprophytic" plant myth Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 113-122.
Taylor, A.S. & Alexander, I. 2005 The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: life in the real world Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 102-112.
Wang, X.-H., Benucci, G.M.N., Xie, X.-D., Bonito, G., Leisola, M., Liu, P.-G. & Shamekh, S. 2013 Morphological, mycorrhizal and molecular characterization of Finnish truffles belonging to the Tuber anniae species-complex FungEcol Vol 06 (4): 269-280.

Pathology

Sanchez, S., Gomez, E., Martin, M., de Miguel, A.M., Urban, A. & Barriuso, J. 2014 Experiments on the life cycle and factors affecting reproduction of Sphaerosporella brunnea provide evidence for rapid asexual propagation by conidiospores and for homothallism in an ectomycorrhizal competitor of cultivated truffle species FungEcol Vol 08: 59-65.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tuber (a genus of truffles):

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