Chinese truffle

Chinese truffle
A species of truffle, Tuber sinensis (sometimes called Tuber indicum), native to China.<!encyclopedic info: and harvested in quantity. Unlike the european black truffle and white truffle it is not prized as a culinary ingredient and is considered to have bland taste and aroma and a chewy texture. Sometimes fraudulently passed off as the black truffle it resembles.

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