Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects

✍ Scribed by Ian R. Hall, Alessandra Zambonelli (auth.), Alessandra Zambonelli, Gregory M Bonito (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 407
• Series: Soil Biology 34
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (EEMMs) comprise more than 1000 species and are an important food and forest resource. In this volume of Soil Biology, internationally recognized scientists offer their most recent research findings on these beguiling fungi. Topics covered include: complex ecological interactions between plants, EEMMs, and soil organisms; comparative genomics, high-throughput sequencing and modern research tools; genetic selection of fungal strains and techniques for inoculating plants; economic and social considerations surrounding wild collected EEMMs; and practical information concerning soil management and EEMM cultivation. The book will be a useful guide for anyone interested in soil ecology, forestry, or the genetics and cultivation of EEMMs, and provides an extensive knowledge base and inspirations for future studies on these ecologically and economically important fungi.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Laying the Foundations....Pages 3-16
Systematics and Ecology of Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms....Pages 17-39
Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushroom Molecular Response to Heavy Metals....Pages 41-56
Genomics of Tuber melanosporum : New Knowledge Concerning Reproductive Biology, Symbiosis, and Aroma Production....Pages 57-72
State of the Art of the Research on Boletus edulis ....Pages 73-81
Influence of Edaphic Factors on Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms: New Hypotheses on Soil Nutrition and C Sinks Associated to Ectomycorrhizae and Soil Fauna Using the Tuber Brûlé Model....Pages 83-104
Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities of Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms....Pages 105-124
Ectomycorrhizal Helper Bacteria: The Third Partner in the Symbiosis....Pages 125-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Techniques for Host Plant Inoculation with Truffles and Other Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms....Pages 145-161
Soils and Techniques for Cultivating Tuber melanosporum and Tuber aestivum in Europe....Pages 163-189
Truffle Cultivation in the Southern Hemisphere....Pages 191-208
Native and Cultivated Truffles of North America....Pages 209-226
Truffle Cultivation in China....Pages 227-240
Terfezia Cultivation in Arid and Semiarid Soils....Pages 241-263
Truffles, Timber, Food, and Fuel: Sustainable Approaches for Multi-cropping Truffles and Economically Important Plants....Pages 265-280
Cultivation of Basidiomycete Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms: Tricholoma , Lactarius , and Rhizopogon ....Pages 281-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Local Communities and Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms....Pages 307-315
Medicinal Aspects of Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms....Pages 317-334
Insects Parasitizing Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms....Pages 335-353
Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms: International Markets and Regulations....Pages 355-380
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Ten Years of Genomics for Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: What Have We Achieved and Where Are We Heading?....Pages 383-401
Back Matter....Pages 403-409

✦ Subjects

Agriculture; Fungus Genetics; Food Science; Terrestial Ecology