So to understand the native diversity of North American Tuber species, Bonito and his colleagues have been getting help from dogs specially trained to detect the aroma of ripe truffles.

Our analyses show that each has aromatic compounds found in some of the most valuable truffle species.” Meanwhile, Tuber cumberlandense was named for the Cumberland Plateau in the Appalachian ...

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, ...