Summer truffle / Burgundy truffle | |
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Summer truffle, cut open | |
Scientific classification | |
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]