#truffledogs — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #truffledogs, aggregated by home.social.
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Sibling scientists and their dog hunt for #Oregon's hidden #truffle biodiversity https://phys.org/news/2025-02-sibling-scientists-dog-oregon-hidden.html paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.70590
"biology and ecology of Oregon #truffles are largely limited to research done in the mid-to-late 20th century—before #TruffleDogs were recognized in the US and before DNA sequencing was readily available... There's a lack of data on #fungi, as we're not taking care of them in the same way we take care of plants & animals"
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Dog-found #truffle: Researchers and canines discover two #NewSpecies https://phys.org/news/2025-01-dog-truffle-canines-species.html
"Tuber canirevelatum, meaning the dog-found truffle, was named in honor of #TruffleDogs and Monza, the dog who discovered it... The other, T. cumberlandense, was named for the #CumberlandPlateau where it was found by Margaret Townsend and her dog, Luca... This species enjoys a symbiotic relationship with white #oaks, growing from their roots and providing nutrition to the #trees"