Tuber aestivum (Wulfen) Spreng.
(Summer Truffle)

Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hobart, C. 2011 Tuber mesentericum recorded in Britain in 2007 Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 23-25.
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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2006 Notes and Records (Oct 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (4): 141-2.
Piattoni 2014 Viability and morphology of Tuber aestivum spores after passage through the gut of Sus scrofa FungEcol Vol 09.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Tuber aestivum (Summer Truffle)
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