Alba White Truffle
Tuber magnatum
Family: Tuberaceae
Also called: Alba White Truffle, Italian White Truffle, Tartufo bianco d'Alba, Truffe blanche du Piémont
Overview
The most expensive edible mushroom on earth. Piedmont, Istria, and parts of central Italy and the Balkans, under poplar, willow, oak, and lime, on alluvial soil. Fruits September to December. Strictly auction-trade.
Edibility
Edible
Rarity
rare
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal
Typical peak
Oct–Nov
Season
Sep–Dec — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
Host trees & substrate
- Mycorrhizal with poplar
- Mycorrhizal with willow
- Mycorrhizal with oak
- Mycorrhizal with lime
Where it grows
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