Tuber aestivum (Wulfen) Spreng.
(Summer Truffle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTuber aestivum (Summer Truffle)
GenusTuber (a genus of truffles)
FamilyTUBERACEAE (a family of truffles)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle) :
1: Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle)
22 Jul 2009 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
in garden
Image 1: TruffleImage 2: Truffle - TSImage 3: Ascospores - magnified
2: Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle)
2009 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
in garden
Image 1: Fruitbody - dried - white backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - dried - white background (2)Image 3: Fruitbody surface - dried - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Fruitbody surface - dried - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Asci - magnifiedImage 6: Asci - magnified (2)Image 7: Asci - microscope low magnificationImage 8: Asci - microscope low magnification (2)Image 9: Asci - microscope low magnification (3)Image 10: Asci - spore profiles - magnifiedImage 11: Asci - spore surfaces - magnifiedImage 12: Ascospores - profile view - highly magnifiedImage 13: Ascospores - surface view - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hobart, C. 2011 Tuber mesentericum recorded in Britain in 2007 Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 23-25.
Smith, J. 2006 The Summer Truffle in North Somerset Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 57-58.

Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle)
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