The new Tuber page

Abourouh, Mohamed
Centre National de la Recherche Foresti�re
Charia Omar Ibn Khattab
B.P. 763 Rabat-Agdal 10050
MOROCCO

Terfezia

Agri-truffe
Domaine de Lalanne
33490 Saint-Maixant
FRANCE
phone: 33-5-56 62 00 53
fax: 33-5-52620769

This company produces seedlings inoculated with truffle mycelia.

Agro Forestal Estrada SL./Juan Maria Estrada
c/ Feliu, 1
08680 Basacs - Gironella
Barcelona
SPAIN
phone/fax: 34-3-82228195

This company produces seedlings inoculated with truffle mycelia.

Alsheikh, Abdulmagid M.
aalsheik@safat.kisr.edu.kw
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
P.O. Box 24885
13109 Safat
KUWAIT
tel: 4836100
fax: 4835044

Abdul is working with Terfezia, but is interested in other truffles as well.

Amaranthus, Mike P.
amo@fsl.orst.edu
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Siskiyou National Forest
P.O. Box 440
Grants Pass, OR 97526
USA
phone/fax: 541-476-1292

Bejerano, Nurit
nuritrb@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Department of of Life Sciences
Ben Gurion University
PO Box 625
Beer Sheva 84105
ISRAEL
Fax no. 972 7 6472890.

Nurit is interested in biology, inoculation, development of mycorrhiza, signals for fruit body production and molecular biodiversity of Terfezias and Tuber melanosporum.

Bencivenga, M.
Univ. di Perugia
Biologia vegetale, Botanica
Borgo XX Giugno, 74
06 100 Perugia
ITALY
fax: 39-75-585 64 25

Dr Bencivenga studies ecology, field experiments and molecular probes.

Bonfante-Fasolo, Paola & Fontana, Anna
bonfante@csmt.to.cnr.it
Dipartimento Biologia Vegetale
Dell'Universita di Torino
Viale Mattioli 25
I-10125 Torino
ITALY
tel: 39-11-669 98 84
fax:39-11-65 58 39

Paola & Anna study inoculation, cellular analysis, molecular probes and morphogenesis.

Brown, Daryl
da_brown@tas.for.csiro.au
CSIRO Division of Forestry
Locked Bag No 2
Sandy Bay P.O. Sandy Bay
TAS. 7005
AUSTRALIA

Cartie, Guadalupe
Servicio de Investigacion Agraria.DGA.
Unidad de Sanidad Vegetal
Montañana,177
50080 Zaragoza
SPAIN
tel:34.76.576386
fax:34.76.575501

Guadalupe studies all factors affecting mycorrhization of Quercus species with Tuber melanosporum.

Chevalier, Gerard
Station de Pathologie Vegetale
INRA
12, avenue du Brezet
F-63039 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex
FRANCE
phone: 33-73-62 44 43
fax: 33-73- 62 44 52

Gerard is workong on Tuber melanosporum: inoculation, mycorrhizal production, molecular probes.

Colinas, Carlos
carlos.colinas@pvcf.udl.es
Universitat de Lleida
Departament de Produccio Vegetal i Ciencia Forestal
Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 177
25198 Lleida
SPAIN
phone: 973-70 20 00
fax: 973-23 82 64

Carlos is investigating possibilities for culturing different ectomycorrhizal fungi

Cotivisa - Commercial Tecnica i Viveros, SA./Lorenzo Garcia
Ctra. nacional 340
km 873.5/Apd. 92
46250 L'Alcudia
Valencia
SPAIN
phone: 34-6-2541911
fax: 34-6-2996675

This company is focused on Tuber inoculation.

Cultivos Forestales/ Mariano Casas
Apd. 16
44700 Montalban
Teruel
SPAIN
34-9-78 753440

This company is focused on truffle cultivation.

Danell, Eric
Eric.Danell@mykopat.slu.se
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
P.O. Box 7026
S-750 07 Uppsala
SWEDEN
tel: 46-18-672729, 46-18-671000
fax:46-18-309245

Eric's research is focused on Cantharellus, but he studies other mushrooms such as Swedish Tuber aestivum syn. T. uncinatum together with Christina Wedén.

Dexheimer, Jean
dexheime@scbiol.u-nancy.fr
Laboratoire de Biologie Forestiere
equipe "Cytophysiologie des Symbioses mycorhiziennes"
Universite Henri Poincare
B.P. 239
54506 VANDOEUVRE CEDEX
FRANCE

Jean works with cellular analysis of Tuber.

Emiliana Tartufi Florovivaistica
Via Canal Bianco, 57 Cassano (FE)
ITALY
phone: 39-532-730627

This company works with truffles. Ferrara, A.
IPLA, CNR
Torino
ITALY

Dr Ferrara study mycorrhizal plants and plant communities.

Ferrer, Sergi
Sergi.Ferrer@uv.es
Dep. Microbiologia, Fac. Biologia
University of Valencia
E-46100 Burjassot-Valencia
SPAIN
phone: 34-6-386 4390
fax: 34-6-386 4372

Sergi studies the mycorrhizal community of Tuber melanosporum, as wellas molecular studies of Russula and Lactarius.

Forestplan, SL./ Vicente Borras
Ptda. Florentina
s/n/46240 Carlet
Valencia
SPAIN
34-9-2129205

This company works with truffle inoculation.

Fox, Roland
R.T.V.Fox@reading.ac.uk
School of Plant Sciences
Crop Protection - Phytomedicine BSc
The University of Reading
2 Earley Gate
Reading RG6 6AU
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 (0) 118 9318078
Fax: +44 (0) 118 9351804
URL: http://www.reading.ac.uk/AcaDepts/sb/Hort/fox.html

Roland works with edible fungi such as Tuber, Boletus and Cantharellus.

Garland, Franklin
Franklin@garlandtruffles.com
Garland Gourmet Mushrooms and Truffles
3020 Ode Turner Rd
Hillsborough, NC 27278
USA
phone: 1-919-732 3041
fax: 1-919-732-6037

Franklin's company is working on mass propagation of T. melanosporum using a selected high yielding strain.

Gracia, Enric
egracia@porthos.bio.ub.es
Micologia Aplicada
Departament de Biologia Vegetal
Facultat de Biologia
Avda. Diagonal, 645
08028-Barcelona
SPAIN
phone: 34-3- 4021475
fax: 34-3- 4112842

Granetti, B.
Univ. di Perugia
Biologia vegetale, Botanica
Borgo XX Giugno, 74
06 100 Perugia
ITALY
fax: 39-75-585 64 25

Dr Granetti studies ecology, field experiments and molecular probes.

Gregori, Gianluigi
Istituto Sperimentale di Tartuficoltura
Sant'Angelo in Vado (PS)
ITALY
phone & fax: ++39.722.88.008

Guillemaud, T., Callot, G., Cleyet-Marel, J.C.
INRA, Montpellier
FRANCE

This group works with Chemico-physical parameters and population genetics in Tuber.

Hall, Ian R.
halli@crop.cri.nz
Crop & Food Research
Invermay Agricultural Centre
Private Bag 50034, Mosgiel
NEW ZEALAND
phone: 64 3 489 3809
fax:64 3 489 3739

Ian is a team leader dealing with cultivation of various edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms. He has written a book on truffle cultivation, and is monitoring truffle orchards in New Zealand.

Honrubia, Mario
honrubia@fcu.um.es
Depto de Biologia vegetal (Bot.) Fac. de Biologia, C. Espinardo
Universidad murcia
E-30100 Murcia
SPAIN
phone: 34-68-30 71 00
fax: 34-68-363963

Mario is interested in Lactarius, Tuber and African edible mushrooms, and he is the scientific coordinator of a network on Terfezia-culture (called MYCOLUDESME). This network includes research-teams from Mediterranean countries as Morocco (Rabat, Meknes), Algeria (Oran), Italy (Torino), Israel (the Negev- Beer-Sheva), France (Nancy, Dijon) and Spain (Alcala de Henares, Murcia).

Hortiplant, SAT 817 CAT/Montse Capellades
Ptda. Mas d'En Carrasca
s/n/Apd.202
43870 Amposta
Tarragona
SPAIN
phone/fax: 34-77-702228

This company is focused on Tuber inoculations

Khasa, P. Damase
Damase.Khasa@UAlberta.CA
751GSB
Department of Renewable Resources
University of Alberta
CANADA T662H1
phone: 403-4924413
fax: 403-4924323

Letizi, Harald
f.zucconi@popcsi.unian.it
Dipartimento di Energetica
Universitˆ di Ancona
60100 Ancona
ITALY
phone: 39-71-2204431
fax: 39-71-2804239

Harald works with Zucconi on cultivation of Tuber melanosporum.

Lo Bue, Giovanni
lobue@csmt.to.cnr.it
Centro Studio Micologia Terreno - C.N.R.
Viale P.A. Mattioli, 25
I-10125 TORINO
ITALY
phone: ++39.11.650.29.27
fax ++39.11.65.58.39
home tel ++39.11.33.89.83

Giovanni is working on taxonomy and mycelial cultivation of variuos Tuber species.

Lulli, L.
Instituto Sperimentale Difesa Suolo
Firenze
ITALY

Dr Lulli study soil parameters

Macino, Giuseppe
Macino@axcasp.caspur.it
Dipartimento di Biopatologia Umana
Sezione di Biologia Cellulare
Policlinico Umberto I
Viale Regina Elena 324
00161 Rome
ITALY
tel: 39-6-445 2806 office, 39-6-445 7731 lab
fax: 39-6-446 2891 Fax

Giuseppe is involved in genetic characterization of Tuber spp.

Manjon, José L.G.
bvjlgm@bioveg.alcala.es
Universidad de Alcala de Henares
Dpto. de Biologia Vegetal
Facultad de Ciencias
28871 Alcala de Henares (Madrid) SPAIN
phone: 91-885 5071, 885 49 65
fax:91-885 50 66

Martin, Francis
fmartin@nancy.inra.fr
Laboratoire de Microbiologie Forestière, INRA, CNRF
Champenoux-Nancy
F-54280 Seichamps
FRANCE
tel: 33-83-394080
fax: 33-83-394069

Francis develops molecular probes for Tuber melanosporum

Micoflora/Ramon Espiga
c/ Del Pont Vermell, 1
17401 Arbucies
Girona
SPAIN
34-72-162466

This company is focused on Tuber inoculation.

Morcillo, Marcos
micofora@teleline.es Director tŽcnico
MICOLOGIA FORESTAL & APLICADA
Rbla Arnau 6 local 6
08800 Vilanova i la Geltrœ
Barcelona
Tel/Fax: 93 8155455
www.micofora.com

This is a commercial company focused on Tuber, Boletus and Lactarius

de Miguel, Ana
amiguel@unav.es
Departamento de Botánica-Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Navarra
31008-Pamplona
SPAIN
Phone: 948-425600
Fax: 948 425649

Ana is working on truffle cultivation.

Mousain, Daniel
plassard@msdos.montpellier.inra.fr
INRA
Station de Recherches Symbiotes des Racines
Centre de Recherches de Montpellier
2, Place Pierre Viala
34060 Montpellier Cedex
FRANCE
phone:33-67-612453
fax: 33- 67-545708

Daniel works with inoculation and outplanting of Lactarius and Tuber.

Nopamornbodi, Omsub
Soil Microbiology Research Group
Div. of Soil Science, Dept. of Agriculture
Chatujak Bangkok 10 900
THAILAND
tel: 662-579 0065, 5797522-3
fax: 662-5614763

Omsub will lead a biosurvey in Thailand focused on edible mushrooms.

Nuti, M.
University of Padova
Italy

Dr Nuti study interactions with bacteria.

Olivier, Jean-Marc
olivier@bordeaux.inra.fr
INRA-Bordeaux
Station de Recherches sur les champignons
B.P. 81
33883 Villenave D'Ornon Cedex
FRANCE
tel:33-56-843277
fax:33-56-843274

Jean-Marc is a team-leader for a well known mycology group focused on cultivation of mushrooms, including mycorrhizal species like Tuber melanosporum, Lactarius delicious and Boletus edulis.

Pacioni, Giovanni
giovanni.pacioni@aquila.infn.it Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali
Universitˆ dell'Aquila
Via Vetoio, Loc. Coppito
I-67010 L'Aquila
ITALY
phone: +39 0862 433209
fax: +39 0862 433205

Giovanni studies mycelial inoculation and mycelial growth.

Palazón, Carlos
cpalazon@aragob.es
Servicio de Investigación Agroalimentaria
Diputación General de Aragón
Avda. de Montañana, 930
Apartado 727
50080 Zaragoza
SPAIN
tel:34.976.716371
fax:34.976.716335

Dr. Palazon is working in Tuber melanosporum and Lactarius deliciosus : inoculation, mycorrhizal production and truffle cultivation.

Pargney, Jean-Claude
pargney@scbiol.u-nancy.fr
mailto:Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux
Universite de Nancy 1
B.P. 239
F-54506 Vandoeuvre
FRANCE
tel: 33-83-912000
fax: 33-83-903277

Tuber

Jean-Claude works with cellular analysis of Tuber.

Pirazzi, R.
Centro Sperimentazione Agricola
Rome
ITALY

Dr Pirazzi study production of mycorrhizal plants.

Reyna, Santiago
santiago@ceam.es
Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo (CEAM)
Parque tecnologico
46980 Paterna. Valencia
SPAIN
phone: 96-1318227
fax: 96-1318190

Santiago works on silviculture of natural forest of Quercus ilex and Q.faginea to increase productions of Tuber melanosporum. He also conducts field inoculations of isolated adult trees.

Robin Pépinières/Bruno Robin
05500 St Laurent-du-Cros
FRANCE
phone: 33-4-92-504316
fax: 33-4-92-504 757

This company produces seedlings inoculated with various mycorrhizal fungi.

Saito, Hisashi
saito@waho.ethz.ch
ETH Zü:rich
Forstschutz u. Dendrologie
ETH Zentrum
Ramistrasse 101
CH-8092 Zü:rich
SWITZERLAND
phone: 41-1-632-4974
fax:41-1-632-1127

Hisashi has a general interest in edible mycorrhizal fungi

Shabi, Ezra
ARO, The volcani center, Departemnt of Plant Pathology
Bet Dagan, 50250 ISRAEL
phone: 972-3-9683535
fax: 972-3-9683543

Ezra works with cultivation of Tuber melanosporum in Israel

Shaw, Peter
P.shaw@roehampton.ac.uk
Dept. of Environmental studies
Roehampton Institute
United Kingdom
Peter studies production and soil ecology of truffles.

Søren Sørensen
soso@adr.dk Nebbegårds Allé 3
DK 2970 Hørsholm
Denmark
Tel: +4520675468
Fax: +4545768580

Søren studies possibilities for truffle cultivation in Denmark

Stahle, Peter
Peter_Stahle@capman.com.au
DPS Strategy PTY Ltd
84 Richmond Terrace
Richmond, Victoria 3121
AUSTRALIA
phone/fax: 613- 94 28 5978

Peter is a consultant investigating possibilities for commercial production of truffles in Australia.

Stocchi, Vilberto
v.stocchi@uniurb.it
Istituto di Chimica Biologica "Giorgio Fornaini"
Universita' degli Studi di Urbino
Via Saffi, 2 - 61029 URBINO (PU)
ITALY
phone: +39 0722 305262
fax: +39 0722 320188

Vilberto is focused on Biochemistry and molecular probes.

Le Tacon, François
le_tacon@nancy.inra.fr
INRA
Centre Rech. Forestières de Nancy
Laboratoire de Microbiologie
F-54280 Champenoux
FRANCE
Fax: 33-83 39 40 69

Talou, Thierry
talou@cict.fr
Institut national Polytechnique
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Toulouse
118, Route de Narbonne
31077 Toulouse Cedex 4
FRANCE

phone: 33-5-61175720
fax: 33-5-61175730

Thierry has been doing research on volatile compounds in various mushrooms, and is involved in the research on Nez Electronique (the electrical nose) for e.g. truffle detection.

Tocci, A.
issargen@ats.it
Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura
Via Santa Margherita 80
I-52100 Arezzo
ITALY
fax ++39.575.35.34.90
phone ++39.575.35.30.21

Dr Tocci study ecology and field experiments

Trappe, James M.
trappej@fsl.orst.edu
Department of Forest Science
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-7501
USA
phone: 541-750 7394
fax: 541-737 1393

Jim works with taxonomy and ecology of hypogeous fungi with special reference to mycorrhizal associations; managing forests for truffle and edible mushroom production.

Urbani Tartufi
06040 S. Anatolia di Narco (PG) Umbria
ITALY
phone: 39-743-613171
fax: 39-743-613035
This company has a yearly production of 80 000 - 100 000 seedlings inoculated with Tuber.

Wang, Yun
wangy@crop.cri.nz
Crop & Food Research
Invermay Agricultural Centre
Private Bag 50034, Mosgiel
NEW ZEALAND
phone: 64 3 489 3809
fax:64 3 489 3739

Wang is a Tricholoma and Tuber expert, but is interested in various ectomycorrhizal fungi.

Wedén, Christina
Christina.Weden@mykopat.slu.se
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
P.O. Box 7026
S-750 07 Uppsala
SWEDEN
tel: 46-18-672729, 46-18-671000
fax:46-18-309245

Christina studies Tuber aestivum syn. T. uncinatum in Sweden together with Eric Danell.

Williams, Keith
williamk@unbc.edu
4155 1st Ave
Suite#107
Prince George, BC VZM 1C4
CANADA

Zambonelli, Alessandra
Univ. di Bologna
Dipartimento di Protezione e Valorizzazione Agroalimentare
Via Filippo Re 8, 401 26 Bologna
ITALY
tel: 051-351394

Alessandra studies mycelial growth, inoculation and field experiments.

Zamora, Miguel M.
Miguel.Maria@uv.es
Dept. de Microbiologia
Univ. de Valencia
Dr. Moliner 50
E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia)
SPAIN

Zucconi, Franco
f.zucconi@popcsi.unian.it
Dipartimento di Energetica
Universitˆ di Ancona
60100 Ancona
ITALY
phone: 39-71-2204761
fax: 39-71-2804239

Franco works with cultivation of Tuber melanosporum.

Zur, Varda.
zur@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Inst of Applied Research
Ben Gurion University
PO Box 625
Beer Sheva 84105.
ISRAEL
Fax No. 972 7 6472984

Varda is interested in biology, inoculation, development of mycorrhiza, signals for fruit body production and molecular biodiversity of Terfezias and Tuber melanosporum.

This page (http://www.mykopat.slu.se/mycorrhiza/edible/tuber.htm) was updated by:
Eric Danell (Eric.Danell@mykopat.slu.se),
Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology,
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Updated: November 20, 2002