Hypogeous fungi of Basilicata

Gian Luigi Rana

Hypogeous fungi of Basilicata

Authors

Gian Luigi Rana

Università della Basilicata

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2291-6488

Keywords:

Truffles, Basilicata, Southern Italy

Synopsis

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 392

Language: Italian

Published: 7/11/2024

ISBN: 978-88-31309-32-5

Abstract: The first five of its 17 chapters are of introductive kind and contain the basic knowledges on geology, geomorphology, pedology and clima of Basilicata region as well as on fungi (s. l.) and mycorrhizae. Chapters from n. 6 to n. 16 are dedicated to the following truffle topics: taxonomic classification, biological cycle, distribution, phylogenetic groups, chemical composition and aroma, electronic nose, symbiotic plants, habitat, harvest and safeguard, strategies aimed at their economic improvement in Basilicata, macro and microscopic features of marketable and non marketable species and types, cultivation, preservation, use in gastronomy, coupling with wines.

Chapter 17 deals with the false truffles so far found in Lucanian territory. The book has a scientific-popular character thank to the numerous bibliographical references in it reported, the extended Glossary and the more than 300 pictures which illustrate and render agreable its reading.

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Author Biography

Gian Luigi Rana, Università della Basilicata

Gian Luigi Rana, after obtaining his degree in Agricultural Sciences, was a CNR fellow, assistant prof. and appointed and tenured prof. of Seed Pathology at Agriculture Faculty of UniBA until October 1986. He then served as a full prof. of Plant Pathology at UniBas primarily teaching Plant Pathology, Mycology, Phytopathological Bacteriology and Wood and Derivative Pathology. He conducted an extensive research activity in fields of Plant virology, Mycology and Hydnology. He published some book chapters in collective works and more than 280 scientific articles, sometimes internationally appreciated, in sectors of plant pathogen epidemiology and plant virus and Lucanian fungi biodiversity.