Story: Mushrooms and other cultivated fungi

Bianchetto truffles (2nd of 2)

Bianchetto truffles

Bianchetto truffles (Tuber borchii) are white inside. In New Zealand they form ripe fruiting bodies in late winter.

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Maggy Wassilieff, 'Mushrooms and other cultivated fungi - Truffles and other ectomycorrhizal fungi', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/16863/bianchetto-truffles (accessed 18 April 2024)

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 24 Nov 2008