– Fruitbody up to 10 cm wide, rounded, compact, with coarse angular pyramid-like warts on the surface.
– Flesh in section marbled, yellow-brown with whitish veins.
– Taste mild, nutty.
– Odour when mature aromatic and reminiscent of cooked maize.
Truffles
Summer Truffle
Tuber aestivum
VU
Vulnerable
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with oak and hazel, possibly also with beech, on calcareous soil, mainly on Gotland and Öland, rare in the southern parts of the Nordic region.
Notes
Also known as Burgundy truffle and is a good and sought-after edible fungus. The landowner’s permission is required to search for and dig up truffles, and trained truffle dogs are often used.
Similar species
Tuber mesentericum is very similar and grows in the same type of habitat. It has a more chemical and somewhat unpleasant odour reminiscent of insect repellent or naphthalene.
