Assisted by sniffer #dogs, researchers discover 3 new #truffle species https://phys.org/news/2025-08-sniffer-dogs-dna-sequencing-truffle.html
#Phylogenomics, trophic ecology, and systematics of the truffle-forming Morchellaceae https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi/pimj/pre-prints/content-persoonia55art2
"the paper confirms what a lot of people had suspected for a long time, which is that the North American truffle species is genetically very distinct from its European relatives... Scientists are giving this #NewSpecies a name honoring the #Cascadia region: Leucangium cascadiense"
