Some black truffles grown in eastern US may be less valuable lookalike species, study finds
Black truffles (left) and winter truffles look nearly identical but fetch very different prices. A new study shows that many truffle farmers are unintentionally harvesting winter truffles instead of the more valuable black truffles. Credit: Benjamin Lemmond Some truffle producers in the eastern U.S. intending to grow European black truffles (Tuber melanosporum) are also accidentally
Laine Schewe
June 27, 2023