Imagine rooting around the base of a pecan tree and finding small knobby “things” the color, but not the shape, of pecans. Pick one up and sniff. It smells like good Georgia clay with a mushroom ...

Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots of pecan trees in Florida orchards. The good news is that you can eat them - the bad news is that you wouldn't want to. Two new ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots of pecan trees in Florida orchards. The good news is that you can eat them - the bad news is that you wouldn't ...

It’s known as the wiregrass region, this part of the South that takes in parts of southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Travel its rolling topography and you’ll pass quail ...

Omon Isikhuemhen, a mycologist and professor in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University, shows off some truffles. The glass jar arrived overnight ...

The glass jar arrived overnight from North Carolina, 650 miles to the east. It was sitting in the kitchen at The Hive, an upscale, art-filled restaurant in the increasingly cosmopolitan town of ...