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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.
Tuber indicum, commonly known as the Chinese black truffle or the Asian black truffle, [1] is an edible fungus known for its hypogean fruiting bodies, characteristic of the Tuber genus. It is found natively in Himalayan India and parts of China, [ 1 ] but has also been found invasively in the United States [ 2 ] and Italy. [ 3 ]
The black truffle or black Périgord truffle (Tuber melanosporum), the second-most commercially valuable species, is named after the Périgord region in France. [5] Black truffles associate with oaks, hazelnut, cherry, and other deciduous trees and are harvested in late autumn and winter. [5] [6] The genome sequence of the black truffle was ...
Tuber macrosporum, commonly known as the smooth black truffle, [1] is a species of edible truffle in the family Tuberaceae. Found in Europe, and common in central Italy, the truffle was described as new to science by Italian mycologist Carlo Vittadini in 1831. [ 2 ]
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.
The fruit bodies are black, roughly spherical, and measure 2–7 cm (0.8–2.8 in) in diameter. The exterior surface is warty and irregular. The peridium (outer skin) is 150–450 μm thick. The fruit bodies are very hard. [1] The internal spore-bearing tissue of the truffle, the gleba, is whitish when young, turning light brown in mature ...
The Truffle Hunters is a 2020 documentary film directed and produced by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw. It follows a group of aging men hunting in the woods, for a prized quarry, the Alba truffle. Luca Guadagnino serves as an executive producer under his Frenesy Film Company banner.
Their brown or black outer skin forms pyramidal warts about 3 to 9 mm (1 ⁄ 8 to 11 ⁄ 32 in) wide, resembling rough bark. [2] Burgundy truffles are harvested from September to late December, sometimes also until late January. [2] They have a wider distribution than any other truffle species.