01 — Truffle species
Tuber magnatum
Bijeli tartuf · White truffle · Tartufo bianco · Weiße Trüffel
External identifierWikidataQ2360313
Early season
02Identification
- Season
- September — January
- Peak
- October — December
- Peridium
- smooth, pale ochre to cream
- Gleba
- pale brown with fine white veins
- Aroma
- intense
- Size
- 20–120 mm
- 01Peridium — smooth, pale ochre to cream
- 02Gleba — pale brown with fine white veins
03Ecology
Host trees
- Oak · Quercus
- Poplar · Populus
- Willow · Salix
- Lime · Tilia
- Hornbeam · Carpinus
- Hop hornbeam · Ostrya
- Hazel · Corylus
- 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.
- Appennino Food GroupSells · Evidence source
- LaumontImports and resells · Evidence source
05Species it can be confused with
- Tuber borchiiBianchetto truffle
06Connected records
- SeasonSeptember — January
- Legal collecting windowsSeason
- Truffles in Istria: documented geographic contextWhite truffle
- Motovun ForestIstria
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- How to Store Fresh TrufflesKnowledge
- How to Clean a Fresh TruffleKnowledge
- Truffle Aroma: What We KnowKnowledge
- How Are Truffle Species Identified?Knowledge
- Can Truffles Be Cultivated?Knowledge
- How to Assess Fresh-Truffle QualityKnowledge
- Climate and Truffle Harvests: What the Science ShowsKnowledge
- The White Truffle Habitat in Istria: Soil, Water and the Mirna ValleyKnowledge