Black winter truffle or black truffle

The Black Winter Truffle, whose scientific name is Tuber Brumale Vittadini, grows in symbiosis with Aleppo pine, stone pine, downy oak, holm oak, hop hornbeam, hazelnut and Turkey oak.

 The black winter truffle, or trifola nera, brumale variety (Tuber brumale Vittadini, brumale variety), has a dark red peridium or rind that turns black when ripe, with pyramidal warts and a grayish-black, faintly purplish gleba or flesh, with distinct white veins that disappear when cooked, turning the entire flesh a more or less dark chocolate color. When sectioned, it has oval, brown spores, translucent when ripe, prickly, and not so honeycombed, smaller than those of the prized black truffle and less dark. Its strong, persistent, and pleasant aroma is reminiscent of green hazelnuts. It grows alongside oaks, hornbeams, hazelnuts, and other broad-leaved trees and is a good edible. Harvest runs from January 1st to March 15th.