Bajaj et al., 3 Biotech (2021) gives the following habitat information for Tuber melanosporum: author-reported ectomycorrhizae identified morphologically on planted Quercus robur roots in an irrigated Al-Qassim experiment, Saudi Arabia, after 1.5 years.
Tuber melanosporum is a soil fungus endemic to the calcareous soils of southern Europe that forms an ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with hazel and oak.
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