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FRENCH TRUFFLE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
  • Cooking and Gastronomy (General)
DEF

Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish colour.

CONT

The French truffle(Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle(T. Aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
  • Cuisine et gastronomie (Généralités)
DEF

Champignon souterrain de la famille des Tubéracées, dépendant d'une plante hôte le plus souvent les chênes mais aussi le noisetiers, les châtaigniers, les pins, etc., en forme de tubercule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hongos y mixomicetos
  • Cocina y gastronomía (Generalidades)
DEF

Hongo subterráneo [de la familia Tuberaceae] que vive asociado a las raíces de ciertos árboles de hoja caduca, principalmente encinas, robles, castaños, y nogales, con los que establecen una simbiosis, denominado micorriza, que produce un beneficio mutuo, tanto para el hongo como para la planta.

OBS

Estos hongos son característicos por su color oscuro y forma similar a la de una patata pequeña. En Europa se han encontrado más de veinte especies diferentes del género Tuber. Solamente unas pocas son comestiblemente apreciadas.

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Record 2 2004-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mushroom Growing
CONT

Towards the end of the 60’s, many abandoned farms were bought by people from outside the area. They considered growing truffles, particularly as scientific progress had brought into being a new generation of truffle host plants, enabling more rapid production. Once their efficiency had been proven many more farmers took up truffle-growing.

CONT

Truffle production is also expanding at a number of locations in Tasmania. There are three companies offering the opportunity for farmers and others to invest in truffle growing.... All companies have been established to capitalise on the opportunity of supplying French black truffles fresh into the traditional truffle markets of the world, six months out of season.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des champignons
DEF

Production méthodique des truffes pratiquée par les trufficulteurs.

Spanish

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