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Truffle speciation & import

T.melanosporum

Linnaeus has introduced a panel of DNA tests that allow the rapid detection of specific truffle species.

This panel uses new, highly sensitive real-time PCR methods developed here at Linnaeus. These tests can be used to:

  • Verify root infections with the desired species
  • Detect the presence of undesired species (such as Tuber brumale in a Périgord plantation)
  • Certify the truffles themselves as true-to-type

Species able to be detected include:

  • Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum)
  • Winter truffle (Tuber brumale)
  • Bianchetto (Tuber borchii)
  • Italian white truffle (Tuber magnatum)
  • Burgundy truffle (Tuber aestivum / Tuber uncinatum)
  • Other truffle species (Tuber indicum, Tuber maculatum)

We are a registered containment facility and are the only laboratory registered for testing imported truffles into New Zealand.

How to import truffles into New Zealand ?

For more information on how to import truffles into New Zealand, please read the New Zealand Import Health Standard BNZ-IMP-TUBER, published by MAF Biosecurity New Zealand.

Please contact us before sending samples from outside New Zealand.

Courier address:

Linnaeus laboratory
4 Banks Street
Gisborne, New Zealand
Phone: +64 6 867 8512
Fax: +64 6 867 4913
Freephone (within New Zealand): 0800 254 662
Email: info@linnaeus.co.nz
Website: www.linnaeus.co.nz