Alsheikh M., Trappe J.M. 1983. Desert truffles: The genus Tirmania. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 81 (1): 83-90.
Bokhary H.A., Parvez S. 1992. Soil mycoflora from wild desert truffle habitats in northern Saudi Arabia. Journal of Arid Environments, 23 (4): 379-388.
Díez J., Manjón J. L., Martin F. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the mycorrhizal desert truffles (Terfezia and Tirmania), host specificity and edaphic tolerance. Mycologia, 94 (2): 247-259.
Maire R. 1906. Notes mycologiques. Annales Mycologici, 4: 329-399.
Malençon G. 1973. Champignons hypogés du nord de l'Afrique – I. Ascomycètes. Persoonia, 7 (2): 261-288.
Moreno G., Diez J., Manjón J.L. 2000. Phaeangium lefebvrei and Tirmania nivea, two rare hypogeous Fungi from Spain. Mycological Research, 104 (3): 378-381.
Moustafa A.F. 1985. Taxonomic studies on the fungi of Kuwait. III. Ascomycotina (plectomycetes and discomycetes). Journal of the University of Kuwait (Science), 12: 79-100.
Pacioni G., El-Kholy H. 1994. Tartufi del deserto egiziano. Micologia e Vegetazione Mediterranea, 9 (2): 69-84.
Slama A., Fortas Z., Neffati M., Khabar L., Boudabous A. 2007. Etude taxinomique de quelques Ascomycota hypogés (Terfeziaceae) de la Tunisie. Bulletin de la Société mycologique de France, 122 (2-3): 187-195.
Slama A., Neffati M. 2004. Les truffes de la Tunisie méridionale : étude écologique et mycologique. Revue des régions arides, 15: 3-51.