Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales Family: Tuberaceae
Species: Tuber aestivum (Wulfen) Spreng.
Synonyms: Cloren Foch
Tuber mesentericum
Common Name: Summer Truffle


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Tuber aestivum

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: coniferous (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
February (1)
September (1)
October (1)