Assertion: white truffle | /r/HasProperty | tuber magnatum
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text: Prized white truffles (Tuber magnatum) from the Italian Piedmont sell for upwards of $3,000 a pound; and black truffles (T. melanosporum) from the Périgord in southwestern France—nicknamed “black diamonds” by gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin and a feature ingredient of pate de foie gras—will set you back to the tune of $900 a pound.
text: The winter white truffle (Tuber magnatum) is sometimes called a Piedmont or Alba Truffle, because Italy has been blessed with an abundance of white truffles.
text: European white truffles (Tuber magnatum) can cost as much as $3,600 a pound — making them ounce for ounce the most expensive food in the world.
text: European black Périgord truffle (Tuber melanosporum), the second-most valuable truffle species, after Italy’s "White truffle" (Tuber magnatum).
text: Please contact us for other tree species, trees inoculated with Burgundy truffles (Tuber aestivum) Italian white truffles (Tuber magnatum), bianchetto truffles (Tuber borchii), and pecan truffles (Tuber lyonii).
text: The distribution of species is variable; while some are found on all continents, others, as for example the white truffle Tuber magnatum, only occur in isolated locations in Italy and Eastern Europe.
text: The most expensive species, the “Alba white truffle” (Tuber magnatum) can reach upwards of $2,500/ lb.
text: There is a thriving global trade for the two big stars—the Périgord black truffle, which is harvested in the wild and in plantations, and the Italian white truffle, Tuber magnatum, which has so far eluded all attempts at cultivation.
text: "Superior to t. Melanosporum in smell and taste is the White truffle (tuber Magnatum)...
text: Italians consider the white truffle (tuber magnatum) to be superior in taste to tuber melonosporum (black truffle).