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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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