Summer Truffle

Tuber aestivum vittadini

Widely known as Scorzone, is one of the less precious truffles. Gleba is hazel and more or less yellowish in ripe truffles, and often even lighter, and it has many whitish veins of varying thickness, ramified and joined together. The rugged surface is completely covered in pyramidal warts.

Average Weight

2 oz-18 oz

Average Size

1 inch-10 inches

Collection Period

from May to November

Collection Area

Piedmont, Emilia Romagna, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Campania, Molise

Symbiotic Plants

generally Turkey oak, downy oak, common hazel, black and white hornbeam, English oak, oak, beech, black pine, poplar

Average Weight
2 oz-18 oz
Average Size
1 inch-10 inches

Harvest Season
from May to November

Harvest Regions
Piedmont, Emilia Romagna, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Campania, Molise

Symbiotics plants
generally Turkey oak, downy oak, common hazel, black and white hornbeam, English oak, oak, beech, black pine, poplar

Summer Truffle

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