Amazing week in Argentina, sharing research on all things edible and ectomycorrhizal... huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who contributed Ciefap #IWEMM11

Great to share our recent research on truffles at the New Zealand Truffle Association annual conference on Friday, which was preceded by lovely visitors from NZ (cultivators Alison and Eric) at our truffle center: instagram.com/thenationaltru…

White truffle trees, available now in the UK: DNA certified and high quality, but cultivation of this species should still be viewed as very high risk! For more details and to reserve stock, see: plantationsystems.com/white-truffle-…

Superb opening session yestrday of #ICOM12 day 2, mycorrhizal association and signalling by Giles Oldroyd. Two days left of this brilliantly organised conference... great to see the SPUN team also

Postdoc and PhD position working with Boletus edulis🤩! Good friend Prof. Martin-Pinto (University of Valladolid) is currently offering this great opportunity, on a project that we'll be collaborating on. See image for application email

Superb and in-depth article on our mycoforestry work by Alexa Phillips: wired.com/story/how-chri…

mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/1… exploring the desert truffle cultivation potential in SA. قدرة السعودية على انتاج الفقع والاهتمام في السياحة الخضراء.

New study on desert truffles and associated soil/biological variables, out today (this was nice to work on). Confidently led by Sakhr Alhuthali صخر الهذلي. Free access link:  mdpi.com/3093882 Agronomy MDPI

Currently in the US, visiting our American orchards and harvesting some chunky truffles (Tuber melanosporum). Also dealing with beaver damage and some unusual orchard weeds... PlantationSystems.com

As always, an amazing event and great to harvest such quality truffles on our Californian growers orchards Napa Truffle Festival: napatrufflefestival.com Press article: pressdemocrat.com/article/napa/n… MSL: PlantationSystems.com

...calling Canadian commercial tree nurseries interested in potential collab- I'd love to speak with you. I'm in Canada on the following dates and would love to meet some growers: BC (Vancouver and Victoria): 2-8th Alberta: 9th-14th Thanks!

Nice segment on one of our truffle orchards (5yr old trees) in Napa, California Truffle harvesting and some really nice content by chef Ken Frank of La Toque and Robert Chang at the American Truffle Company. abc7news.com/post/american-…

PhD opportunity working with MSL and University of Stirling on mycoforestry: forestry with ectomycorrhizal fungi production. Feel free to send to your contacts who may be interested. To read more and to submit an expression of interest, please see: stir.ac.uk/research/resea…

Problems with white truffle trees White truffles (Tuber magnatum) have a complex biology that is still not fully understood. We've invested heavily over the last few years and... read full details here: linkedin.com/posts/mycorrhi…

New paper out today with my co-author  David Kothamasi in Scientific Reports - some really nice insights into how truffle dogs impact truffle quality/quantity, along with some nice ecophysiological exploration from this huge dataset. Free to access: -

I'm speaking at the 1st Precision Truffle Cultivation conference in Hungry this Thursday- it looks like a really informative day... To book a place: talajterkepkft.hu/en/conference/ …excited for post-conference trips, including honey-truffle (Mattirolomyces terfezioides) habitats! 🌳

Hunting dog behaviour is a key driver impacting harvest quantity and quality of truffles, from Prof Paul Thomas FRSA and David Kothamasi nature.com/articles/s4159…

📣 New paper on food production in woodland systems 🌳 Drivers, benefits, barriers and enablers - transformational, not incremental, shifts are needed Led by Steffen Hirth, with fellow coauthors Matthew Paterson and Ivan Drlička. Open access link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This summer, we welcomed Aswathi Gopa Kumar Nair, PhD student from Jena, Germany, to Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd. Her research on Tuber aestivum ecology and fungal interactions brings fresh insight for truffle growers. Results coming soon in open-access—stay tuned!

#UofStirling Honorary Professor Paul Thomas has successfully cultivated a black truffle on the Isle of Bute, where a pioneering truffle science project is being trialled. Find out more: brnw.ch/21wVzcZ Prof Paul Thomas FRSA Alistair Jump