Tuber brumale vitt. moscato truffle

Tuber brumale Vittad. 1831 var. moschatum (Ferry) Montecchi et Lazzari 1993 [=Tuber brumale var. moschatum (Bull.) I.R. Hall, P.K. Buchanan, Y. Wang et Cole = T. moschatum Bull. = T. moschatum Bonnet], commonly called moscato truffle (field truffle, strong truffle). The scientific name of the species derives from the Latin brumalis (winter)

Ascomi	The adjective characterizing the variety likely derives from the scent released by its ascocarps—a scent resembling the intensely aromatic and penetrating odor of the substance known in Arabic as "musk" (and in Italian as *muschio* or *musco*), which is produced by the deer species *Moschus moschiferus* L. (a ruminant mammal native to the highlands of Central Asia that possesses a gland on its lower abdomen secreting "musk"). According to some scholars, *moschatum* describes the delicate nature of the peridium; as it detaches easily from the gleba, it gives the peridium a "bitten" appearance.
Peridium	Black peridium with small, very low warts.
Gleba	Dark gleba (beige-brown in color) with broad, white, sterile veins.
Aschi	Spores are spiny, not alveolate, and often number five per ascus. It emits a strong "mossy" scent. It has a slightly peppery taste.
Symbiotic plants	It grows in symbiosis with: downy oak, holm oak, beech, hop-hornbeam, European hornbeam, hazel, *Betula* spp., *Populus* spp., black pine, *Picea abies* (L.) Karst. (Norway spruce), silver fir, and *Cedrus* spp. It matures from January to March.
Harvest period	In the Puglia region, the harvesting of this species is permitted from November 15 to March 15.