01 — Truffle species
Tuber aestivum
Crni ljetni tartuf · Summer truffle · Tartufo nero estivo · Sommertrüffel
External identifierWikidataQ74692
Out of season
02Identification
- Season
- May — September
- Peak
- June — August
- Outer skin (peridium)
- black, coarse pyramidal warts
- Interior (gleba)
- pale hazel with abundant white veins
- Aroma
- mild
- Size
- 20–100 mm
- 01Outer skin (peridium) — black, coarse pyramidal warts
- 02Interior (gleba) — pale hazel with abundant white veins
03Ecology
Host trees
- Oak · Quercus
- Hazel · Corylus
- Hornbeam · Carpinus
- Beech · Fagus
- Lime · Tilia
- Pine · Pinus
- In Istria
- one of the species Istria is known for
04Species and evidenced relations
Only relations supported by a public source on the review date are shown. This is not a stock or current-availability list.
05Species it can be confused with
- Compare with Tuber mesentericumBagnoli truffle
- Compare with Tuber aestivum var. uncinatumBurgundy truffle
06Connected records
- SeasonMay — September
- Legal collecting windowsSeason
- Truffles in Istria: documented geographic contextSummer truffle
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