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How Do Truffles Grow? Mycorrhiza and the Life Cycle

Why host roots, mycelium and soil matter to truffle development.

Spore, primary mycelium, host roots, soil mycelium and fruiting body form a useful public model. It is not a promise of the same outcome for every species and site.

Truffle life cycle and mycorrhizamature fruiting body and spores. germination and primary mycelium. ectomycorrhiza with host roots. soil mycelium and fruiting-body development. maturation and spore dispersal0102030405
Truffle life cycle and mycorrhizaConceptual cycle; some stages vary by species and remain under study.Evidence basis: Reevaluation of the Life Cycle of Tuber magnatum · Life Cycle and Phylogeography of True Truffles · Tuber life cycle
  1. 01mature fruiting body and spores
  2. 02germination and primary mycelium
  3. 03ectomycorrhiza with host roots
  4. 04soil mycelium and fruiting-body development
  5. 05maturation and spore dispersal
  • established stage active research

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