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| Truffles Truffles are underground mushrooms that grow in symbiosis with certain trees, especially oaks. During a limited harvesting season, they are found in several regions of southern Europe such as France, Italy and Spain. There are more than hundred different kinds of truffles, but only a few have a gastronomic interest. Some are not even edible. Truffles were already known in Ancient Greek and Roman times. The production of black winter truffle (tuber melanosporum) was at that time much higher than today : more than 1000 tons a year. Today the production has gone down to 40-90 tons a year depending on the weather conditions. |
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