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MU GREVILLE ON THE 
T. moschatum, subrotundum, Iseve, intus et extus ni- 
grescens. 
Tuber moschatum, Bull Champ, p. 79, t. 479. — Pers. 
Syn. Fung. p. 127. — Sow. Fung. t. 426. — De Cand. 
Fl. Frang. v. 2. p. 297. EJusd. Syn. p. bS.-^-Gray's 
Nat. Jrr. v. 1. p. 592. 
Hab. The same as the preceding, but much rarer. 
Desc. Rounded or oblong, smooth, blackish both within 
and without. It shrinks and becomes corrugated when 
dry. Smaller than Tuber cibarium, from which the 
smooth surface alone is sufficient to distinguish it. 
Perfectly wholesome and edible, but inferior to the pre- 
ceding. When young, or in a fresh state, smelling strongly 
of musk. 
3. T. alhuTrij subrugosum ex albido rufescens, vix sub- 
terraneum. 
T. album, Bull Champ, p. 80. t. 404 De Bcrch Lettres, 
p. 6-*7.—Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 128. — Sow. Fu7ig. t.SlO. 
— With. Bot. Jrr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 442.-1)^ Cand. Fl. 
Frang. ed. 3. v. 3. p. 279. Ejusd. Sy7i. p. 58.—- Gray's 
Nat. Jrr. v. 1. p. 592. 
Lycopehdon gibbosum, Dicks. PI. Crypt, fasc. 2. p. 26, 
White Truffles. 
Hab. On the ground ; very shghtly or only partly bu- 
ried. Autumn. 
Desc. Roundish, or irregularly oval, unequal, somewhat 
rugose, but not warty, solid, firm, whitish, at length 
changing to a reddish colour, and marked within with 
reddish hnes. Diameter 1-3 inches. 
I'his species possesses similar properties with the two 
preceding, and is equally wholesome. Bulliaed states 
that the wild boar is excessively fond of them. 
