Black Truffle

Shape	Oval and roundish.
Size	Slightly inferior to Tuber Aestivum.
Peridium	Warty black in color with poorly developed warts.
Gleba	Dark hazel to chocolate in color with numerous pale branched veins.
Spores	Widely honeycombed, with well-defined reticulum, clustered in asco up to 5 and have long, curved hooked papillae.
Scent	Pleasant and delicate.
Ripening	October to December.
Habitat	Prefers well-ventilated and drained structured clay-limestone soils, moist and little sun, but can also thrive in more compact soils but as long as free of prolonged waterlogging. It prefers constant temperatures, not tolerating large seasonal temperature fluctuations.

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