The importance of botanic gardens for global change research-New insights into Cambridge's hidden truffle kingdom

0570967 - ÚVGZ 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Centenaro, G. - Glover, B.J. - Piermattei, A. - Thomas, P. W. - Čejka, Tomáš - Büntgen, Ulf
The importance of botanic gardens for global change research-New insights into Cambridge's hidden truffle kingdom.
Plants People Planet. Roč. 5, č. 3 (2023), s. 329-334. E-ISSN 2572-2611
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EF16_019/0000797
Research Infrastructure: CzeCOS IV - 90248
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : Cambridge University Botanic Garden * climate change * ectomycorrhizal fungi * fungi-host interaction * John S * Henslow * mushrooms * symbiotic plant species * truffle dogs
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 5.1, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10356

Social Impact StatementBotanic gardens offer unique opportunities for unravelling responses of plant life to climate change. Despite investigations into their aboveground sphere, the belowground realm is usually neglected. Cambridge University Botanic Garden now illuminates the hidden world of one of the most sought-after culinary delicacies-the Burgundy truffle. The garden's plant diversity, the serendipity of a truffle dog, and our curiosity-driven research agenda reveal insights into 278 truffle fruitbodies that grew symbiotically with an unusually high number of host species. Our study reinforces the power of botanic gardens to disentangle ecosystem processes and emphasizes the proximity of scientific and public interests in truffles.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0342297