The truffle is a hypogeous fungus (i.e. it grows underground) and is born among the roots of some species of trees. The diamond of the earth prefers the forest where it is deepest, away from the rush of our lives, away from pollution and noise. The precious tuber has played a leading role in history for thousands of years. Even the Greeks and Romans never went without it at their famous banquets. This ritual of the truffle has come down intact to the present day directly from antiquity and we are its custodians.
The tree is the true temple of the truffle that lives in symbiosis with its roots, taking and giving in turn nutrients and substances that allow it to grow.
The plants: oak, downy oak, holm oak, hazel, poplar, hornbeam.
Where: generally, it can be found from a minimum of 10-20 cm to a maximum of 70-80 cm from the ground.
The rind is the peridium.
The interior is the gleba or pulp and consists of mycelial bundles (or veins).
Colour and scent vary according to the truffles (even of the same species) or according to the types.
The peridium and the shape also vary according to the soil where the truffle is harvested.
PRECIOUS BLACK
PRECIOUS WHITE
SUMMER SCORZONE
UNCINATO
BIANCHETTO
BRUMALE/MOSCATO