Black Truffle, a Hermaphrodite with Forced Unisexual Behaviour

Marc-André Selosse (1) , Laure Schneider-Maunoury (1) , Elisa Taschen (2) , François Rousset (3) , Franck Richard (4)

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité
2 UMR Eco&Sols - Ecologie fonctionnelle et biogéochimie des sols et des agro-écosystèmes
3 UMR ISEM - Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier
4 CEFE - Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

The life cycle of the black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) includes a mating before sporulation: although the species is hermaphroditic, mating turns out to involve parents with very different features, that mostly behave as male or female only, suggesting that this species undergoes forced dioecism.

Mots clés: Ascomycetes’ lifecycle; Dioecism; Sexual dimorphism; Tuber; microsatellite repeats

Mots clés: tuber melanosporum; truffe noire; marqueur microsatellite

Domaines: Mycologie

Marc-André Selosse, Laure Schneider-Maunoury, Elisa Taschen, François Rousset, Franck Richard. Black Truffle, a Hermaphrodite with Forced Unisexual Behaviour. Trends in Microbiology, 2017, 25 (10), ⟨10.1016/j.tim.2017.05.010⟩. ⟨hal-01575932⟩