TY -JOUR
AU -Neha Sharma
AU -Sudeshna Datta
AU -Ashwani Tapwal
AU -Himani Sharma
AU -Pratibha Thakur
AU -Kanad Das
TI -Hidden treasure demystified: Tuber asiaticum sp. nov., a true truffle species from Indian Himalaya
PY -2025
DA -2025-03-12
JO -Taiwania
VL -70
IS -2
SP -200
EP -206
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2061
AB -The present study from the state of Himachal Pradesh (India) describes a new species of true truffle: Tuber asiaticum (Tuberaceae, Ascomycota). This is the first report of a Tuber from this country supported by morphological and molecular data. This species was found to grow in a temperate to subalpine coniferous forest in Himalaya. Detailed morphological features, illustrations, micromorphological drawings and molecular phylogenetic estimation are presented for this species.
DO -10.6165/tai.2025.70.200