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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.
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 ...
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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 ]
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.
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 ...
Like other truffles, they are also packaged for export. [2] With bodies from 2 to 10 centimetres (1 to 4 inches) in diameter, burgundy truffles are relatively large. 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]