I've been digging these up from under Cobnut trees that I planted after 
purchasing them from a nursery.

The soil has not been touched in nearly 20 years with no pesticides or 
anything and it was only when I was putting in some spring flowering 
bulbs a few weeks ago that I dug the first one up.

The smell given off is somewhat like that resembling that something that 
may be used as an oil in Chinese cooking.

As you'll notice in the images something else likes them by the look of 
the cavaties and after having hooked out a small slug.

<http://www.kdbanglia.com/whatarethey.htm>


The marbling look something like this image but you know Wikipedia!

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Truffle_washed_and_cutted.jpg>


Many thanks,


Richard Brooks.

Richard Brooks wrote on Sunday 16 Sep
2007 4:55 pm:

> I've been digging these up from under Cobnut trees that I planted after
> purchasing them from a nursery.
> 
> The soil has not been touched in nearly 20 years with no pesticides or
> anything and it was only when I was putting in some spring flowering
> bulbs a few weeks ago that I dug the first one up.
> 
> The smell given off is somewhat like that resembling that something that
> may be used as an oil in Chinese cooking.
> 
> As you'll notice in the images something else likes them by the look of
> the cavaties and after having hooked out a small slug.
> 
> <http://www.kdbanglia.com/whatarethey.htm>
> 
> 
> The marbling look something like this image but you know Wikipedia!
> 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Truffle_washed_and_cutted.jpg>
> 
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> 
> Richard Brooks.
These are probably truffles. There are only two
species occurring in the UK.
1.Tuber aestivum (summer truffle)
2.Tuber brumale (winter truffle)
1 is more likely, but I have no experience with
truffles. They are both edible like the black perigord
truffle, but lack the strong flavour of the latter.
I suggest you post to alt.nature.mushrooms where there
are some good american experts, but do add your
geographical location to the post.
-- 
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e.hutton said the following on 17/09/2007 20:34:
> Richard Brooks wrote on Sunday 16 Sep
> 2007 4:55 pm:
> 
>> I've been digging these up from under Cobnut trees that I planted after
>> purchasing them from a nursery.
>> <http://www.kdbanglia.com/whatarethey.htm>
>>
> These are probably truffles. There are only two
> species occurring in the UK.
> 1.Tuber aestivum (summer truffle)
> 2.Tuber brumale (winter truffle)
> 1 is more likely, but I have no experience with
> truffles. They are both edible like the black perigord
> truffle, but lack the strong flavour of the latter.
> I suggest you post to alt.nature.mushrooms where there
> are some good american experts, but do add your
> geographical location to the post.

Thanks for that.  A poster in enland.rec.gardening mentioned that they 
could have ridden in on the roots of the trees if imported from a 
specialist nursery in Italy or elsewhere to the nursery where I bought them.

On Sep 17, 10:09 pm, Richard Brooks <richardbro...@vickers-
supermarine.com> wrote:
> e.hutton said the following on 17/09/2007 20:34:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Richard Brooks wrote on Sunday 16 Sep
> > 2007 4:55 pm:
>
> >> I've been digging these up from under Cobnut trees that I planted after
> >> purchasing them from a nursery.
> >> <http://www.kdbanglia.com/whatarethey.htm>
>
> > These are probably truffles. There are only two
> > species occurring in the UK.
> > 1.Tuber aestivum (summer truffle)
> > 2.Tuber brumale (winter truffle)
> > 1 is more likely, but I have no experience with
> > truffles. They are both edible like the black perigord
> > truffle, but lack the strong flavour of the latter.
> > I suggest you post to alt.nature.mushrooms where there
> > are some good american experts, but do add your
> > geographical location to the post.
>
> Thanks for that.  A poster in enland.rec.gardening mentioned that they
> could have ridden in on the roots of the trees if imported from a
> specialist nursery in Italy or elsewhere to the nursery where I bought them.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hi all:

Passed this interesting thread to our local county recorder for
fungi.  Here is his reply:

"...but what a lot of rubbish! "there are only two species (of
truffles) occurring in the UK"! I have photographed six but there are
nearly eighty! The Kew book on British Truffles would have been
remarkably thinner (and presumably considerably less expensive) than
its 216 pages plus plates (cost £26) if there were only two and
identification would be considerably simplified!"

I had thought there were only a few too!

Cheers,

S

spamlet said the following on 20/09/2007 18:53:
> On Sep 17, 10:09 pm, Richard Brooks <richardbro...@vickers-
> supermarine.com> wrote:
>> e.hutton said the following on 17/09/2007 20:34:
>>> Richard Brooks wrote on Sunday 16 Sep
>>> 2007 4:55 pm:
>>>> I've been digging these up from under Cobnut trees that I planted after
>>>> purchasing them from a nursery.
>>>> <http://www.kdbanglia.com/whatarethey.htm>
>>> These are probably truffles. There are only two
>>> species occurring in the UK.
>>> 1.Tuber aestivum (summer truffle)
>>> 2.Tuber brumale (winter truffle)
>>> 1 is more likely, but I have no experience with
>>> truffles. They are both edible like the black perigord
>>> truffle, but lack the strong flavour of the latter.

 >>  A poster in enland.rec.gardening mentioned that they
>> could have ridden in on the roots of the trees if imported from a
>> specialist nursery in Italy or elsewhere to the nursery where I bought
 >> them.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> 
> Hi all:
> 
> Passed this interesting thread to our local county recorder for
> fungi.  Here is his reply:
> 
> "...but what a lot of rubbish! "there are only two species (of
> truffles) occurring in the UK"! I have photographed six but there are
> nearly eighty! The Kew book on British Truffles would have been
> remarkably thinner (and presumably considerably less expensive) than
> its 216 pages plus plates (cost £26) if there were only two and
> identification would be considerably simplified!"
> 
> I had thought there were only a few too!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> S

Thank you Yarnton Nurseries for selling me mine at about 3feet tall for 
about £5 each!

<http://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductID=90211>