I am Italian, and went for truffles a few times as my grand-uncle used to. We got both tuber melanosporum and tuber aestivum, it was fun. In my experience in I

I am Italian, and went for truffles a few times as my grand-uncle used to. We got both tuber melanosporum and tuber aestivum, it was fun. In my experience in Italy, I would say you usually get real truffle outside of scammy tourist places, but it is generally unspecified on the menu. AKA, you are getting the cheap one rather than the expensive one, unless the menu says the opposite.