And while black truffles had been cultivated since the 1970s, white truffles were more stubborn. "Tuber magnatum in natural fields forms very few ectomycorrhizal; this is a difference with black ...

There are four different truffle species commonly found in Croatia’s Northwestern most state, Istria: Three black truffle types and the fabled, rare Alba white truffles, tuber magnatum.

Truffle-lovers across the world can thank two French scientists-turned-entrepreneurs, whose work helped farmers strike white gold, with a half dozen tuber magnatum pico recently found on ...

What it is: White truffle honey is a mild-tasting honey infused with white truffle (also known as Tuber magnatum). White truffles hail from the Piedmont region of northern Italy and can fetch close to ...

Purkayastha is especially busy in the fall, the peak season for Italian white truffles (Tuber magnatum), which, at $6,500 per kilo, are the priciest.

While there are a range of truffle types, the experts will focus on one kind each: The Périgord truffle and the white truffle ...

A few years ago, despite a bumper crop due to heavy rains, Italy’s prized white truffles “only” cost $280 for 100 grams. ... white truffles (scientific name: Tuber magnatum) ...

Right now, in early December, we’re in the peak season for Tuber magnatum, the Alba white truffles from northern Italy that the food world loses its collective shit over every year.

A white truffle (Tuber magnatum Pico) in the laboratory of Robin Pépinières, a nursery in Saint Laurent-du-Cros, France.Philippe Desmazes/AFP via Getty Images. On 10 October 2019, a dog began ...

“Only the white truffle (Tuber magnatum Pico) has not been successfully cultivated – which is why Alfagia sells only fresh white truffles, which are found by our partners and their dogs.