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Giovanni Pacioni - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffières, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine's faecal contents in a truffière in L'Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores' reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffière, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffieres, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine’s faecal contents in a truffiere in L’Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores’ reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffiere, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
Francesca Ori - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffières, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine's faecal contents in a truffière in L'Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores' reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffière, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffieres, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine’s faecal contents in a truffiere in L’Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores’ reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffiere, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
Mirco Iotti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffieres, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine’s faecal contents in a truffiere in L’Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores’ reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffiere, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffières, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine's faecal contents in a truffière in L'Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores' reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffière, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
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The role of wild boars in Spore Dispersal of hypogeous fungi
Acta Mycologica, 2013Co-Authors: Federica Piattoni, Francesca Oir, M Morara, Mirco Iotti, Alessandra ZambonelliAbstract:Wild boars ( Sus scrofa L.) are well-known for soil disturbance in natural and cultivated truffieres but their role in Spore Dispersal is poorly investigated. In the present work we studied the occurrence of hypogeous fungal Spores in faecal contents of 14 wild boars randomly hunted in “Parco dei Gessi e Calanchi dell’Abbadessa” Regional Park (North of Italy) where truffle production has been previously investigated for three years. Six methods for Spore analysis in faeces were compared and the suspension of faeces in ZnSO 4 (70%) solution resulted to be the most reliable. Hypogeous fungal Spores, including Tuber magnatum and Tuber aestivum Spores, were detected in 9 animals. This result suggests that the detection of fungal Spores in faeces of wild boars may provide information on the presence of hypogeous fungi in an area. However, the poor abundance of Spores suggests that the wild boar can be considered an opportunistic mycophagist, ingesting truffles only occasionally, as a seasonal source of food. Considering the magnitude of wild boar movements during seasonal migrations, it is possible to speculate that they play a key role in truffle long distance Dispersal.
Marco Leonardi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffières, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine's faecal contents in a truffière in L'Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores' reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffière, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffieres, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine’s faecal contents in a truffiere in L’Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores’ reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffiere, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
James Trappe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffières, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine's faecal contents in a truffière in L'Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores' reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffière, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.
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Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata): mycophagist Spore dispersers of the ectomycorrhizal truffle Tuber aestivum.
Mycorrhiza, 2018Co-Authors: Francesca Ori, Mirco Iotti, James Trappe, Marco Leonardi, Giovanni PacioniAbstract:Truffles, as hypogeous, ectomycorrhizal fungi, have no means to actively discharge Spores into the environment and thus depend on mycophagists for Spore Dispersal. After consumption of fruiting bodies by animals and passage through the digestive tract, the Spores are released in faecal pellets. Recently, in the Abruzzo region (Italy), Hystrix cristata has been spotted inside private truffieres, but its role in Spore Dispersal has never been investigated. Here, we report our research on the occurrence of Tuber aestivum Spores in porcupine’s faecal contents in a truffiere in L’Aquila, Italy, where a H. cristata specimen was photographed. The Spores were isolated from faeces by using a suspension of 0.7 M ZnSO4. We also verified degradation and disfiguration of the digested Spores’ reticular ornamentation compared to that of fresh Spores from ascomata collected inside the truffiere, through measurements performed by scanning electron microscopy. A few truffle Spores had germinated within the faeces.