



Porcini mushrooms, of the Boletus family, have been known for centuries to grow in the area of Borgotaro in the Apennines near Parma.

The white truffle of Alba, or the Tuber magnatum pico, has been known and used by man for centuries.
Tags: Autumn, Mushrooms and truffles, Piemonte

Truffles have been around for what seems like forever. The first mentions of the tuber can be found in Plinio the Elder’s Naturalis Historia and Apicius’s De re coquinaria, both ...
Tags: Winter, Mushrooms and truffles, Umbria

