Study of eastern morocco desert truffles

Surveys were conducted in the forest of Beni Yaala (mining site of Jerada), Ain Beni Mathar, and Tendrara (North-eastern Morocco) have allowed harvesting 29 truffle fruiting body of five different locations and record information on fungal species encountered. In the laboratory, macro-and microscopic structure criteria for identifying of these species were determined. Five species Macromycetes Ascomycetes belonging to two genera Tirmania and Terfezia the Family of Pezizaceae: Tirmania nivea, Terfezia olbiensis, Terfezia leptoderma, Terfezia boudieri and Terfezia claveryi were studied and described in the study regions. The systematic position, the mycorrhizal association, the ethnological importance, etymological, environmental, gastronomic and human importance, well as their distribution in the world have been discussed in this work. The results are integrated into the contribution to determination of the fungal diversity of Morocco and valorization of edible forest mushrooms.