About the Authors

Ulf Büntgen

buentgen@wsl.ch

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, CzechGlobe Research Institute CAS and Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

István Bagi

Affiliation Truffleminers Ltd, Taksony Kinizsi, Hungary

Oszkár Fekete

Affiliation Truffleminers Ltd, Taksony Kinizsi, Hungary

Virginie Molinier

Affiliation Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Martina Peter

Affiliation Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Richard Splivallo

Affiliations Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Molecular Bio Science, Frankfurt, Germany, Integrative Fungal Research Cluster (IPF), Frankfurt, Germany

Maryam Vahdatzadeh

Affiliations Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Molecular Bio Science, Frankfurt, Germany, Integrative Fungal Research Cluster (IPF), Frankfurt, Germany

Franck Richard

Affiliation UMR 5175 CEFE - University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Claude Murat

Affiliations Université de Lorraine, UMR1136 Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, INRA, UMR1136 Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes, Champenoux, France

Willy Tegel

Affiliation Chair of Forest Growth, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany

Ulrich Stobbe

Affiliation Chair of Forest Botany, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg & Deutsche Trüffelbäume, Radolfzell, Germany

Fernando Martínez-Peña

Affiliations Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon CITA, Zaragoza, Spain, European Mycological Institute EGTC-EMI, Soria, Spain

Ludger Sproll

Affiliation Chair of Forest Botany, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg & Deutsche Trüffelbäume, Radolfzell, Germany

Lisa Hülsmann

Affiliation Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Daniel Nievergelt

Affiliation Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Barbara Meier

Affiliation Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Simon Egli

Affiliation Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: István Bagi and Oszkár Fekete are employed by Truffleminers Ltd. However, there are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: UB SE. Formal analysis: UB SE IB VM MP DN BM RS LH. Funding acquisition: UB RS IB OF CM. Investigation: UB IB VM MP RS MV DN BM SE. Methodology: UB RS SE. Project administration: UB SE IB OF. Resources: OF RS. Supervision: UB. Visualization: UB IB OF RS MV SE. Writing – original draft: UB VM MP RS FR CM WT US FMP LS SE. Writing – review & editing: UB SE LH.