It's similar to ÒscorzoneÓ, but it aroma is stronger. Globular, sometimes lobate in shape with a brown-black rind and tightly-spaced warts with a depression at their summit and lengthwise grooves. The gleba is characterised by many clear highly branched veins. It lives in symbiosis with oaks, hazels, poplars and is seldom found together with other truffles. It is common throughout Central and Southern Italy.