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Origins of the Truffle
- The biological cycle of the
truffle
is very particular: the truffle is restricted to live a
symbiotic life, connected to another life form like oak trees.
- It is due to
the mycelium
, its vegetative system that the truffle will look for a
partner tree and then form
mycorhizes
.
- Thanks to the Mycorhize, the truffle can take from the tree the organic substances
it needs to survive.
- The mycorhisation either occurs naturally because of the presence of the truffle
spores in the soil, or from planting
oak trees, already mychorised
.
- Once the tree is planted, it takes
ten years
for the
first truffle
to appear. It is the
mycelium which, during the months of May and June, retracts to form a pellet called
primordial.
- These little
truffles
will
evolve
and become independent from the mother tree in
July
.
- The
color and the smell
do not evolve until
just before harvesting
.
