Just in time for the holidays when cooks in France and elsewhere will be slipping bits of the coveted black Périgord truffle under their turkeys' skin for a luxurious flavor, scientists are revealing the secrets that give ...
Biotechnology
Dec 4, 2013
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Some forest mushrooms, such as wild porcini, can accumulate dangerous levels of radioactivity from the soils they grow in. But until now it was unclear if the same was true for truffles, fungi that range among the most expensive ...
Ecology
Feb 25, 2016
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Some truffles are particularly expensive and therefore often the target of food fraud. For example, high-priced Piedmont truffles (Tuber magnatum) are often difficult to distinguish from the cheaper spring truffles (T. borchii) ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 30, 2024
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A black Perigord truffle has been cultivated in Britain for the first time, and the scientists who announced the breakthrough on Monday said climate change could make it a new British crop.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2017
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Truffles, the prized fungi coveted worldwide by chefs and food connoisseurs, have long been held in high regard.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2023
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