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Tuber canaliculatum, commonly called Michigan truffle [2] and Appalachian truffle, [3] is a fungus that grows in eastern North America including the Midwest. [3] [4] It is brick red in color. [3] It is foraged and used in Appalachian cuisine. Dogs have been used to locate the truffles. It has been investigated for commercial cultivation. [5]
Tuber melanosporum, called the black truffle, Périgord truffle or French black truffle, [1] is a species of truffle native to Southern Europe. It is one of the most expensive edible fungi in the world. In 2013, the truffle cost between 1,000 and 2,000 euros per kilogram.
Name Authority Year Distribution The binomial name of the Tuber species.: The author citation—the person who first described the species using an available scientific name, eventually combined with the one who placed it in Tuber, and using standardized abbreviations.
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Harvested white truffle (Tuber magnatum) at Ceva, Cuneo, Italy. Tuber is a genus in the fungal family Tuberaceae, with estimated molecular dating to the end of the Jurassic period (156 Mya). [2] It includes several species of truffles that are highly valued as delicacies.
Leucangium carthusianum is a species of ascomycete fungus. It is commonly known as the Oregon black truffle. [1] It is found in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, where it grows in an ectomycorrhizal association with Douglas-fir. It is commercially collected, usually assisted by a specially trained truffle dog. [2]
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Whitish truffles often grow in oak groves, and less frequently under conifers. Like most truffles, it bears fruit underground, although not very deep (occasionally, mature specimens reach the surface). It bears fruit from winter to early summer (from December to June), in coastal or low-lying areas (between 200 and 1,000 metres above sea level ...