Truffle smooth black: description and photo

Smooth black truffle is a conditionally edible species from the Truffle family, growing in coniferous and deciduous forests. This species can be found only in Italy, it does not grow in Our Country. It starts fruiting from September to December.

What does a smooth black truffle look like?

Tuberous fruiting body, weighing up to 120 g, red-black or dark cream color. The surface is covered with flat warty growths, thanks to which the fungus looks smooth. The pulp is colored in coffee color, darkens as it grows. On the section, a marble pattern is visible, formed by internal and external veins, in which oblong spores are located.

Smooth truffle – tasty and healthy mushroom

Where the smooth black truffle grows

Truffle smooth black grows underground in small families, in which there are up to 5 fruiting bodies. The mushroom picker is formed on the roots of coniferous and deciduous trees. It begins fruiting in early autumn.

Is it possible to eat smooth black truffle

This forest dweller is a valuable and delicious mushroom, but some sources refer to it as a conditionally edible category. The pulp of the mushroom has a pleasant taste and aroma, due to which the species is used in cooking to improve the taste of meat and fish dishes.

Smooth black truffle is a useful forest dweller, as it contains: vitamins, protein, carbohydrates, pheromones, dietary fiber and antioxidants. 100 g of the product contains 24 kcal, so mushroom dishes are recommended to be consumed during a diet.

False doubles

The smooth black truffle, like any representative of the mushroom kingdom, has similar counterparts. These include:

1. Summer – an edible species that grows on calcareous soil in deciduous forests. The mushroom can be recognized by its blue-black tuberous fruiting body and light brown flesh with a pronounced marbled pattern. This species can be found in forests from July to September. The taste of the pulp is sweetish-nutty, the smell is rich. In cooking, it is used fresh.
   
   

   Delicious, delicacy type, used fresh

2. Winter – a valuable, delicacy look. Tuber up to 20 cm in diameter, covered with thyroid, rhomboid outgrowths of red-violet or black color. In young specimens, the flesh is whitish, as it ripens, it becomes purple-gray and covered with numerous light veins. This representative has a pleasant, strong aroma, reminiscent of musk.
   
   

   The fruiting body has a nutty taste and pleasant aroma.

3. Perigorsky – the most refined and expensive fork of truffles. The spherical mushroom is colored bluish-black. Firm but tender flesh is dark with a pronounced, light mesh pattern. The fruit body has a bright nutty aroma and a delicate bitter taste. It grows in deciduous, rarely coniferous forests, from December to March. Since the price is very high, and the collection is difficult and does not always bring positive results, many gourmets grow their own truffles.
   
   

   The most valuable and expensive kind

Rules for collection and use

Collecting truffles is not an easy job that does not always give the expected result. In order for mushroom hunting to be positive, you need to follow the rules for collecting:

1. During growth, the fruiting body displaces neighboring plants and soil, so when picking, mushroom pickers pay attention to bare areas around trees and mounds from the soil.
2. The truffle attracts yellow insects that circle over the mycelium and lay their larvae on the fruiting bodies.
3. During growth, voids form around the fruiting body, so when mushroom hunting, you can use the method of tapping the earth. This option is often used by mushroom pickers with certain skills and keen hearing, since when tapping the earth makes a thin, barely audible, sonorous sound.
4. The most popular way is the help of animals. For this, pigs and specially trained dogs are used.

Due to its beneficial properties, good taste and aroma, smooth black truffle is used in cooking, traditional medicine and cosmetology.

Chefs add fresh mushrooms to meat and fish dishes, salads and sauces. It is often served with cognac, fruit and nuts.

Truffle smooth black is widely used in medicine:

• juice is used to treat eye diseases;
• powder helps with compound diseases;
• thanks to pheromones, mood improves and depressive syndrome passes;
• due to the vitamin content, immunity increases.

Despite the high cost, it is also used in cosmetology. Cosmetic masks are made from fresh mushrooms. They smooth the skin, relieve wrinkles, tighten the contour of the face, improve color and give the skin youth. Despite the high cost, due to the positive effect of the procedure are popular.

Conclusion

Smooth black truffle is a delicious, healthy mushroom that grows in deciduous forests. Collection of fruiting bodies is carried out only by experienced mushroom pickers, from September to December. Thanks to its good taste and smell, the mushroom perfectly complements meat and fish dishes, salads and sauces.