1. Hypogeous fungi in Mediterranean maquis, arid and semi-arid forests
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G. Rana, Alessandra Zambonelli, Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci, Domizia Donnini, S. Fascetti, L. Khabar, Asunción Morte, Giuseppe Venturella, Abdulhakim Bawadekji, Federica Piattoni, Riccardo Compagno, Mirco Iotti, Zambonelli, A, Donnini, D, Rana, GL, Fascetti, S, Benucci, GMN, Iotti, M, Morte, A, Khabar, L, Bawadekji, A, Piattoni, F, Compagno, R, Venturella, G, A. Zambonelli, D. Donnini, G. L. Rana, S. Fascetti, G. M. N. Benucci, M. Iotti, A. Morte, L. Khabar, A. Bawadekji, F. Piattoni, R. Compagno, and G. Venturella
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Mediterranean climate ,Tuber ,Middle East ,biology ,Ecology ,Cultivation ,Terfezia ,Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica ,Tirmania ,hypogeous fungi ,Plant Science ,Cultivation, ecology, hypogeous fungi, Terfezia, Tirmania, Tuber ,biology.organism_classification ,Mediterranean Basin ,Arid ,Geography ,Fungal Diversity ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata ,Ecosystem ,ecology ,Genus Tuber ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Hypogeous fungi are common in arid and semi-arid areas of the Mediterranean basin and, in particular, they are found in Italy, Spain, northern African countries (especially in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), and in the Middle East. These fungi and, in particular, some species belonging to the genus Tuber and the desert truffles (Terfezia spp. and Tirmania spp.) form ascomata of considerable economic value. In this review, a panorama of hypogeous fungal diversity and information on their ecology in Mediterranean arid and semi-arid ecosystems have been reported; their economical importance and cultivation potential are also underlined.
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- 2014