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How 2021/22 black truffle season has been in Spain?
In the figure above you can see the wholesale prices for Tuber melanosporum in the Teruel market, that was around 300€/kg, a little bit better than the 200€/kg paid last year due to the Covid lockdown and lack of demand. … Continue reading
Where and when males come from to fertilize truffles?
In the following paper we hypothesize about a new theory we created related with black truffle life cycle and when spores germinate, if they do it as males or females. We are working in order to prove it in coming … Continue reading
new aussie record truffle, why?
I take this post to say congrats to Stuart Dunbar for the huge truffle harvested at his plantation close to Melbourne, more than one kilo and a half of truffle is a lot! I´ve had in my hands one slightly over … Continue reading
We´ll present a paper in the next IWEMM in Cahors, France OCT2016
The scientific committee just accepted us a research paper to be presented at the next International Workshop on Edible Mycorrhiza Mushrooms (IWEMM) in Cahors, France. We´ll present the results of a research project done in collaboration with the Dr. Xavier … Continue reading
Posted in truffle conferences congress workshops, truffle growing, truffle growing, truffle nurseries, spanish truffle orchards, Uncategorized
Tagged ion torrent, Management of natural and cultivated truffle populations, Real Time PCR, seasonal Tuber mycelium quantification, truffiere biodiversity, Tuber melanosporum
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new papers and mushroom cultivation book
Just wanted to share a couple of papers and new books that has just been published on mushroom cultivation, worth having them. Current status of truffle cultivation: recent results and future perspectives A. Zambonelli, M. Iotti, I. Hall Micologia Italiana vol. 44 … Continue reading
Truffle aromas and post harvest workshop
Last week I had the opportunity to give some lectures in the course of truffle growing organized by the University of Teruel in Mora de Rubielos. I was very pleased to meet Pedro Marco and stay at his workshop … Continue reading
What temperatures truffle mycelium grow better?
picture of a data logger for temperatures on truffle trees The aroma attributes of sulfurous, mushroom and earthy are the most important characteristics of the aroma of Tuber melanosporum. However, these three aroma attributes are absent in the T. melanosporum fermentation system. To … Continue reading
Truffle Farming in Bulgaria
This year we started a new project of truffle farming in south of Bulgaria. This country has a great potential to grow truffles, burgundy truffles in the north and in the Black Sea coast, and several areas suitable to farm … Continue reading
Natural vs artificial truffle aromas
Fresh and well crafted truffles has prestige and authenticity, however once preserved, with heat, loses so much. Artificial flavors, however, have become popular and compete with canned truffle, because the aroma is more competitive in price than truffle itself and … Continue reading
Posted in restaurants and cuisine with truffles, truffle market and marketing, truffle oils,, truffle post-harvest, truffles and bacteria, Uncategorized
Tagged 2- methylbutanal, artificial truffle aroma, bis (methylthio) methane, dimethyl sulfide, European Group Tuber, GETT, natural truffle aroma, truffle aroma, truffle flavoured products, truffle oils, Tuber magnatum, Tuber melanosporum
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