European Truffles & Truffle Festivals
Summary: Twenty to thirty sorts of truffle fungi can be harvested in Europe, which is the continent with the oldest tradition of truffle...
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Richard Splivallo
- Nov 10, 2022
- 5 min
What is the smell of truffle fungi made of?
Summary: Truffle owe their smell to odorants, small molecules that connect to smell receptors inside the human nose. Odorants are studied...
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Richard Splivallo
- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
Not all fungi growing underground are "prized truffles"
Not all fungi growing underground are "prized truffles"
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Richard Splivallo & Viktória Tamás
- Jul 4, 2022
- 3 min
Pigs, dogs, squirrels, and flies: all love to eat truffles!
Summary: Living below the soil surface, truffle fungi cannot rely on wind for spreading their spores. Instead, truffles signal their...
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Richard Splivallo
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
What are truffles: symbiotic fungi living in close association with plants
Summary: Truffle fungi grow on the roots of plants in a mutually beneficial association known as a “symbiosis”, where the fungus receives...
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