Fresh Black Summer Truffle-Tuber Aestivium

Season: from March to September

Origin: Istria

Tuber Aestivium is one the most widespread edible truffle in Europe. Molecularly it is equal to Aestivum Uncinatum but it is the early version of it,

The fleshy inner mass  of a ripe Tuber Aestivium is firm and light brown, streaked with many thin white lines which do not change their colour in contact with air. Their skin (peridium) is dark and less rough than the skin of Aestivum. It has a pleasant ilight flavor and aroma.