Biochemical Changes During Developmental Stages of Phaeangium lefebvrei Pat. Sporocarp PDF

Keywords

truffles, Iraq, protein

Abstract

Phaeangium lefebvrei Pat. is one of several truffles found in Iraq and other Arabian countries. It is called "Hobbar" locally. A brief description and camera lucida illustrations of this species are provided in this paper. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to determine the banding patterns of total soluble proteins at two developmental stages of sporocarps of this fungus. Tha patterns for total proteins of the sporocarp stages differed quantitatively, although there was close similarity with respect to the number of bands and position of the peaks. The immature stage showed a high protein content, indicating the high metabolic demands for formation of asci and ascospores. The analyses showed that the tubers could be considered nutritionally as a good source of protein.