| Summer truffle / Burgundy truffle | |
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| Summer truffle, cut open | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Tuberaceae |
| Genus: | Tuber |
| Species: | T. aestivum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tuber aestivum Vittad. (1831)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tuber aestivum | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | Hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| Lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is blackish-brown to brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is choice |
The summer truffle (Tuber aestivum) or burgundy truffle (Tuber uncinatum) is a species of truffle, found in almost all European countries.[1]