Tuber aestivum or Tuber indicum: these are summer or Chinese truffles, much less fragrant than the French black truffle (Tuber melanosporum). Tip : If a product seems too cheap to contain real ...

Tuber cumberlandense: This species was named after the Cumberland Plateau in the eastern U.S., where Margaret Townsend and her truffle dog, Luca, collected most of the samples of this truffle.

Specially trained “truffle dogs” working for Michigan State University and the University of Florida used their noses to help discover two species of truffles. The two new varieties of the ...

The first is the Tuber canirevelatum, which means the "dog-found" truffle. It was named in honor of truffle dog Monza, who discovered it with her trainer, Lois Martin.

The first is the Tuber canirevelatum, which means the "dog-found" truffle. It was named in honor of truffle dog Monza, who discovered it with her trainer, Lois Martin.

Some truffle producers in the eastern U.S. intending to grow European black truffles (Tuber melanosporum) are also accidentally cultivating winter truffles (Tuber brumale), a related species that ...

Tuber cumberlandense and T. canirevelatum , two new edible Tuber species from eastern North America discovered by truffle-hunting dogs. Mycologia , 2024; 116 (6): 949 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2024. ...

Michigan State University researchers along with colleagues at the University of Florida, citizen scientists and their “truffle dogs” have discovered two new species of truffle. Tuber canirevelatum, ...

Tuber cumberlandense, was named for the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee where it was found by Margaret Townsend and her truffle dog, Luca. Lois Martin and her truffle dog Monza.

The first new truffle, Tuber canirevelatum, meaning the "dog-found" truffle, was named in honor of the truffle dog Monza, which found the fungus with her trainer Lois Martin.

The “truffle dogs” sniffed out Tuber cumberlandense and Tuber canirevelatum, which are native to North America. The two new species of these expensive and elusive fungi are described in a ...