The mushrooms












    

Tuber melanosporum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Die Perigord-Trüffel, Perigord Truffle, Truffe du Périgord
Tuber  melanosporum22.jpg Mushroom
Ref No: 9678
Buy this image
Tuber melaosporum00.jpg Mushroom
Ref No: 9682
Buy this image
location: Europe
edibility: Choice
fungus colour: Black or blackish
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows underground

Tuber melanosporum Vitt., Die Perigord-Trüffel Truffe du Périgord, Perigord Truffle. Spherical or lumpy, 2-10cm across with a covering of polygonal warts, and the cut flesh turning violaceous-black with white river like lines throughout, wonderfully scented. Asci with up to 6 spoes 90-100 x 80-120um Spores elliptic, completely covered in spines 2-4um long, 29–55 x 22–35um. A specialty of the Perigore region of France, but also known from other countries around the Mediterranean, north Africa and Asia. Edible – excellent considered the best truffle. Found In Europe, under trees especially cork oak.


Mushroom Recipes
Four Ideas with Truffles
Italian White Truffle
Truffles on a Serviette
© 2001-2008 Rogers Plants Ltd. All rights reserved. The text and photographs on this site may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Rogers Plants Ltd. Please see our Terms and Conditions. Site by Glide Technologies Ltd. Poisoning Disclaimer.
Don't forget to visit our sister sites RogersRoses and RogersTreesandShrubs.