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Mediterranean Basin: North Africa

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Desert Truffles

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North African countries count, so far, ten species of desert truffles of the genera Delastria, Terfezia, Picoa, and Tirmania (Delastria rosea, Terfezia arenaria, T. boudieri, T. claveryi, T. leptoderma, Tirmania nivea, T. pinoyi, Picoa juniperi, and P. carthusiana) as well as six species of the forest truffle genus Tuber (Tuber asa, T. borchii var. sphaerosperma, T. oligospermum, T. rufum, T. aestivum syn. uncinatum, and T. melanosporum). Truffles are mycorrhizal fungi. While forest truffles host plants are generally trees, desert truffles hosts are mostly phanerogam herbaceous plants such as Cistus spp. and Helianthemum spp. Exceptions exist and are discussed. Desert truffles are generally harvested in semiarid or arid zones. Soils are sandy loam or sandy and are slightly acidic or basic. The effects of climate, soil, and vegetation on the geographical distribution of the various species within North African countries are described.

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Khabar, L. (2014). Mediterranean Basin: North Africa. In: Kagan-Zur, V., Roth-Bejerano, N., Sitrit, Y., Morte, A. (eds) Desert Truffles. Soil Biology, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40096-4_10

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