| Tuber gibbosum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Tuberaceae |
| Genus: | Tuber |
| Species: | T. gibbosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tuber gibbosum Harkness (1899)
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Tuber gibbosum | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | Hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| Lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is blackish-brown to brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is choice |
Tuber gibbosum, commonly known as the Oregon white truffle,[1] is a species of truffle in the genus Tuber.[2] It is found in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, where it grows in an ectomycorrhizal association with Douglas-fir. It is commercially collected between as early as October and into March.[3]
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