Tuber indicum strain:Tubin_1 Genome sequencing and assembly
The Chinese Black Truffle (Tuber indicum) belongs to the Tuberaceae (Pezizales, Pezizomycetes). This ectomycorrhizal Ascomycota establishes a mutualistic symbiosis with oak, and mountain pines in the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan at an altitude of 2.000 to 2.500 metres in a temperate climate. It produces an hypogeous ascomata. The edible fruit body is harvested in China, and it has been accidentally implanted in North America and Italy. Tuber indicum is morphologically and phylogenetically related to the Perigord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum).