The main object of focus of my research is truffles - the macrofungi forming aromatic underground fruit bodies of which a small minority are highly priced, mythical delicacies and the vast majority organisms essential in ecosystems. In 1997, during a University course in Cryptogam Floritics my interest in Mycology arose and since Fungi are still traditionally considered as part of Botany I later achieved my PhD in Biology with special emphasis on Systematic Botany. My work has lead to interdisciplinary studies in Systematics, Population Studies, Ecology, Horticulture (Truffle Cultivation) and now Chemistry. By using chemical profiling (MS-GC and MS-LC), data sets for co-analyses with molecular data are created for population studies as well as for systematic objectives. Chemical profiles also function as as a first screening in finding new biologically active substances.

Parallell to my research I have initiated the first truffle orchards in Northern Europe, on the island of Gotland, and the development of a local truffle industy and tradition. In 2008 my book on truffles in Sweden was published (Infobooks förlag).

TRYFFEL - MAT FÖR GUDAR, GUTAR OCH SVIN (INFOBOOKS)

TRYFFIKULTUR AB

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