Tuber magnatum isolate:091103-1 Genome sequencing and assembly. Tuber magnatum isolate:091103-1

Tuber magnatum – the Icon of the European GastronomyThe White Truffle (Tuber magnatum Pico) is a 'cult-food', one of the worldwide recognized icon of the European gastronomy and culture, for which genomic information could act as a knowledge platform to improve its production and environmental sustainability. The fruiting body of T. magnatum is an edible truffle (= hypogeous ascocarp), which is a highly appreciated delicacy for its delicate organoleptic properties (i.e., taste and perfumes).Tuber magnatum Pico is a filamentous ascomycete (Pezizomycetes, Pezizales, Tuberaceae) typically found as mycelia in soils in Italy and the Balkans. It forms a mutualistic mycorrhizal association with roots of deciduous trees, such as poplars, oaks and willows.