Found 1 items, similar to Tuber melanosporum.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tuber melanosporum Truffle \Truf"fle\ (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. Tuber, Trifle.] Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum ) and the English truffle (Tuber [ae]stivum) are much esteemed as articles of food. [1913 Webster] Truffle worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious to truffles. [1913 Webster]