Features
| Shape | Round, irregular, more or less globular, elongated or flattened |
| Size | Very variable from a few grams, to in exceptional cases over 500 grams |
| Peridium | Smooth and clear, pale ochre to yellowish color, sometimes with greenish hues and brownish spots |
| Gleba | Brown to light hazelnut in color, with numerous light and very fine veins |
| Spores | Honeycombed, rounded, ovoid, broadly reticulate and clustered 1 to 4 in the axils |
| Scent | It is the most prized truffle because of its rarity and very pleasant intense aroma |
| Ripening | September to late December |
| Habitat | Prefers moist, cool soils of valley floors, along watercourses, in forests and at its edges and escarpments |
| Range of distribution | In the wild in Italy it is mainly included in three different areas; hills of Piedmont, in the Po Valley area and the Central Apennines as to date despite being the most prized truffle it is not yet able to be cultivated |
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