December 2015

Charles Lefevre inoculates trees with fungi that produce truffles. While the technical craft of Charles Lefevre’s job is complex, the purpose is simple: Encouraging the natural symbiosis between trees and fungi. In Lefevre’s case, the fungi are of the Tuber genus, which produce highly sought-after truffles and colonize the roots of numerous tree species. Truffles…

The Oregon Truffle Festival Celebrates Everyone’s Favorite Fungus. Three terrific, truffle-filled weekends coming in January. By Don Root They’re strangely neither plants nor animals, but as every chef knows, fungi are indispensable partners in the kitchen. The mushrooms in your spaghetti sauce? Fungi. The yeast in your bread? Fungi. The bleu in your bleu cheese?…