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| synonyms: Sommertrüffel, Summer Truffle, Truffe de été, Truffe de la Saint-Jean |
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| location: Europe |
| edibility: Choice |
| fungus colour: Black or blackish |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows underground |
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Tuber aestivum Vitt. Sommertrüffel Truffe de été, Truffe de la Saint-Jean, Summer Truffle. Fruit body 3–14cm across, globose, covered in pyramidal warts, blackish brown. Flesh whitish becoming marbled grey-brown. Taste nutty, smell sweet. Spores ovoid, reticulate, 20–40 x 15–30um. Habitat buried usually near beech on calcareous soil. Season late summer to autumn. Rare. Edible – good. Found In Europe. |
Mushroom Recipes |
| Four Ideas with Truffles |
| Italian White Truffle |
| Truffles on a Serviette |
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