@misc{
author = "Marjanović, Žaklina and Glišić, Aleksa and Stefanović, Slobodan and Glamočlija, Jasmina and Janošević, Dušica and Saljnikov, Elmira and Leonardi, Marco and Paccioni, Giovanni and Iotti, Mirco",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Truffle diversity of Balkan Peninsula does not stop to surprise the
scientific community with three new species from the melanosporum clade
described in last year's (Mereny et al 2017, Milenković at al 2015, Slavova et al
2023). Out of large set of ITS sequences, Mereny at al. (2017) described T.
cryptobrumale as connected to Pannonian region, but two other genetically quite
distinctive populations were not distinguished as species. In this contribution, we
have analyzed larger set of sequences and their habitats and detected strong
connection between specimens with specific ITS/LSU region variants to
ecologically specific habitats of Balkan peninsula. Soils and vegetation where
these specimens have been detected rather resemble descriptions of T.
melanosporum sites in Italy, while habitats of T. cryptobrumale resemble those of
T. magnatum. Additionally, we have detected numerous populations of T.
melanosporum in the coastal regions of Croatia, while this species has never been
officially detected eastern from Dinaric alps in Balkan peninsula. We hypothesize
that T. melanosporum could never overcome low temperatures of high and long
Dinaric massive and is therefore localized in the western Mediterranean regions.
This could be the reason why the melanosporum clade has been highly
diversifying in Balkan regions. Moreover, the genetic variant widely distributed
all over Europe and described as “T. brumale” has never been detected in the
Balkans. Therefore, we propose that ecologically and genetically specific taxon
that is widespread only in Balkan peninsula (and to some extent northwards)
should be recognized as a different species - Tuber balkanicum.",
publisher = "Belgrade: Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade",
journal = "Book of abstracts: Truffle Research Union of Europe; 2023 Sep 27-30, Belgrade, Serbia",
title = "Tuber balcanicum – new taxon defined by molecular, ecological and biogeographical methods",
pages = "19",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_6203"
}