• The alien truffle, the invasive tree and the Scottish rainforest restoration project

  • Apr 23 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
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The alien truffle, the invasive tree and the Scottish rainforest restoration project

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  • Today we’re talking truffles and a super rare truffle discovery that’s been made recently in Scotland by one of our scientists. It’s discovery in an ancient Scottish rainforest restoration site – where the spruce tree the truffle lives in symbiosis with is being removed – does raise some interesting conservation questions.

    Host:

    Elaine Maslin, Media Officer (Aberdeen) at the Hutton

    Guests:

    Richard Thompson, native woodland ecologist from Scottish Forestry and Land.
    Dr Andy Taylor, molecular fungal ecologist at the Hutton.

    For more information about what you’ve heard in this podcast, visit:

    Globally rare truffle found in Scottish Atlantic rainforest | The James Hutton Institute
    Glen Creran - Forestry and Land Scotland
    Home - Forestry and Land Scotland



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