Your Daily Facts about Truffles
Truffles grow in harmony with a host tree, enabling the tree to take in phosphorus while in return the truffle receives sugars enabling it to grow.The ancient Greeks thought truffles were made when lightning hit damp soilTruffles are mushrooms which are believed to have started growing underground to beat forest fires, drought and severe coldItalians consider the white truffle (tuber magnatum) to be superior in taste to the black truffle (tuber melonosporum)Pigs, trained dogs and goats are used