Tuber Magnatum Symbionts Plants
The right balance between environmental conditions, chemical composition, soil humidity and climate is essential. The Tuber magnatum grows best near water courses at the bottom of valleys, at altitudes below 700 m. It tends to prefer moderately-sloping ground, which is well-aired without being too permeable, and has a certain amount of surface moisture, even in drier months.
It benefits from spring and summer rainfall, and favours potassium-rich, calcareous marl soil with a pH of between 6.8 and 8.5, a fairly high limestone content, and little phosphorus, nitrogen or organic substance. This type of ground is also favoured by certain trees, which in this case can be called symbionts because they represent the ideal partners for the development of the tuber.
Tuber magnatum symbionts plants
- Common oak (Quercus robur)
- Turkey oak (Quercus cerris)
- Durmast oak (Quercus petraea)
- Pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens)
- Black poplar (Populus nigra)
- Cottonwood (Populus deltoides cv. carolinensis)
- White poplar (Populus alba)
- Aspen (Populus tremula)
- Willow (Salix caprea)
- White willow (Salix alba)
- Large Leaved Lime (Tilia platyphyllos)
- European Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia)
- Hazel tree (Corylus avellana)
