ANX-CROP-0000857

Black Perigord truffle

Tuber melanosporum

A highly prized ectomycorrhizal fungus cultivated by inoculating the roots of host oak and hazelnut saplings, which fruit underground years later.

Family

Tuberaceae

Climate requirements

Requires a Mediterranean-type climate with cold winters and hot, dry summers over a multi-year orchard establishment period.

Soil types

Grown in well-drained, alkaline (limestone-derived) soils in symbiosis with host tree roots, unlike saprotrophic mushrooms grown on substrate.