Tuber Rufum

Ruforus Truffle

Kenneth Burdick

  • Spore Print: Brown

  • Habitat: Deciduous and mixed woodlands, often with oak, beech, or hazel

  • Season: Autumn to winter (Sept – Jan)

Basics

  • Fruiting Body: Small, rounded to irregular, usually 1–4 cm across. Outer surface reddish-brown to brick red, roughened or warty with small depressions.

  • Interior (Gleba): Pale when immature, maturing into a marbled pattern of whitish veins against a reddish to brownish background.

  • Odor: Mild, earthy, sometimes faintly aromatic — less intense than culinary truffles such as Tuber melanosporum.

  • Texture: Firm when young, softening slightly with maturity.

  • Spore Print: Brown

  • Habitat: Mycorrhizal with hardwoods (oak, beech, hazel), sometimes mixed forests

  • Growth Pattern: Subterranean; typically solitary or in small clusters

  • Seasonality: Autumn to winter (Sept – Jan)

  • Edibility: Considered edible but of low culinary value compared to highly prized truffles.

  • Historically collected in Europe but not widely traded.

  • Sometimes used locally or in experimental truffle cultivation studies.

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