Truffles
TRUFFLE IS THE NAME COMMONLY USED FOR HYPOGEAL FUNGUS, BELONGING TO THE TUBER GENUS AND CONSEQUENTLY TO THE TUBERACEAE FAMILY, A CLASS OF ASCOMYCETES
Being a hypogeal fungus, the truffle grows and matures in the earth below and alongside the roots of certain types of trees, especially oaks and holm oaks, with which the fungus establishes a symbiotic relationship, known as mycorrhizal, through which the truffles produce the much-prized sporocarp.
Truffles
TRUFFLE IS THE NAME COMMONLY USED FOR HYPOGEAL FUNGUS, BELONGING TO THE TUBER GENUS AND CONSEQUENTLY TO THE TUBERACEAE FAMILY, A CLASS OF ASCOMYCETES
Being a hypogeal fungus, the truffle grows and matures in the earth below and alongside the roots of certain types of trees, especially oaks and holm oaks, with which the fungus establishes a symbiotic relationship, known as mycorrhizal, through which the truffles produce the much-prized sporocarp.
Urbani Truffles,
True Jewels of Nature
Different types of truffle are identified by the shape of the peridium, the gleba, the asci and the spores.
80% of a truffle is made of water, while the remaining 20% comes from ash, total nitrogen, non-protein nitrogen, proteins, lipids, soluble carbohydrates and dietary fibre.
Truffles are best stored wrapped in absorbent paper, placed inside a plastic or glass container placed in the lower section of a fridge (0 to 4 degrees centigrade) for up to two or three days.
Types of truffle
Bagnoli Truffle
Tuber Mesentericum Vittadini
Moscato Truffle
Tuber Brumale Moschatum De Ferry
Uncinatum Truffle
Tuber Uncinatum Chatin
Bianchetto Truffle
Tuber Albidum Pico
Black Summer Truffle
Tuber Aestivum Vittadini
Black Winter Truffle
Tuber Brumale Vittadini
Fine Black Truffle
Tuber Melanosporum Vittadini
White Truffle
Tuber Magnatum Pico
