Less expensive still is the summertruffle, a milder tasting black truffle that grows throughout Europe ( even in England) during the warmer months.
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He got some help in the summer of 2009 when Emanuele Musini, chief executive of PAQ Gubbio, a family-run Italian truffle company, came across Tartufi Unlimited's website.