Their favorite hosts in the Luberon are the holm oak and the pubescent oak.

With oak and oak oak, pubescent oak, also called truffle oak, is one of the main species of oak used for truffle cultivation.

With oak and oak oak, pubescent oak, also called truffle oak, is one of the main species of oak used for truffle cultivation.

With oak and oak oak, pubescent oak, also called truffle oak, is one of the main species of oak used for truffle cultivation.

I find 75% of the truffles under the trees of my plantation: green oak, pubescent oak and hazel.

Learn how to distinguish the green oak, the pedunculate oak and the downy oak thanks to the shape of its leaves or acorns.

The trunk of the downy oak is often twisted. © remuz, Flickr CC 3.0 unported

The wood of the downy oak is hard and difficult to work with and is therefore used mostly for heating.

The downy oak has hair on the under side of its leaves. © dianesfra, Flickr CC 3.0 unported

To this pair, we can add the downy Oak (Q. Pubescens) that lives in the hotter areas of meridian Europe, Mediterranean and Minor Asia.