Isolation, propagation and rapid molecular detection of the Kalahari truffle, a mycorrhizal fungus occurring in South Africa

Terfezia pfeilii is an edible mycorrhizal fungus that thrives in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa. It is best known by desert dwellers for its flavour and as a source of nutrition. Although the genus Terfezia is generally regarded as being an ectomycorrhizal mycobiont, the exact mycorrhizal ty...

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Main Author: Adeleke, Rasheed Adegbola
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002951