| Generic short diagnoses: Smooth or warty, whitish, brownish or blackish, firm ascomycete truffles with marbled gleba, sac-like asci and large, globose to ellipsoid, reticulate or spiny, pale to dark brown spores. |
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 Tuber aestivum - DK: sommer-trøffel UK: Summer Truffle - closeup of section |
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-00.395 |
The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description, references and an interactive, synoptical key to genera.