With the much sought-after and most expensive white truffle available from September to December, the magical forest hides the fungi growing on the roots of trees under the dirt. It is the ...

Oregon truffles, black or white, are marble-to-golf ball-sized gems that complement a variety of culinary dishes. My personal ...

The truffles — a type of fungi found across the globe and revered as rare culinary delicacies — have since been studied ...

Specially trained dogs and their impressive noses helped a team of researchers and citizen scientists discover two new species of the truffles. The “truffle dogs” sniffed out Tuber ...

Researchers, citizen scientists and their 'truffle dogs' -- have discovered two new species of truffle. Tuber canirevelatum, meaning the 'dog-found' truffle, was named in honor of truffle dogs and ...

Truffles are also essential to the life and vitality of forests. "Without ectomycorrhizal fungi, the trees won't grow. They'll be very short. It'll be like a little hobbit forest," Bonito said.