Truffles differ mainly in terms of their morphological properties, such as shape, size and colour, the ornamentation of the peridium, the appearance of the gleba, and their smell and flavour.

Currently 63 species of fungus are classified as Tubers. Nine of the 25 which grow in Italy are considered edible, and of these the 6 most commonly found on sale are (*).


White truffle

15.09. - 31.01. Tuber magnatum*
15.01. - 15.05. Tuber borchii
15.01. - 15.04. Tuber asa
01.09. - 31.12. Tuber maculatum


Black truffle

01.11. - 15.03. Tuber melanosporum*
01.10. - 15.03. Tuber brumale*
01.05. - 31.10. Tuber aestivum*
01.09. - 30.04. Tuber mesentericum
01.08. - 31.12. Tuber macrosporum
01.09. - 31.03. Tuber uncinatum

*mostly found varieties in Istria