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I dont understand what's the problem with truffles. I mean, is it impossible to grow them on farms? I don't believe you can buy only wild growing truffles found

I dont understand what's the problem with truffles. I mean, is it impossible to grow them on farms? I don't believe you can buy only wild growing truffles found by trained pigs. If this were so, truffle would be an extinct species long time ago.

gwern 13y ago
> I mean, is it impossible to grow them on farms? Pretty much, unless you define 'farms' as 'acres and acres of trees you hope you can harvest some truffles from': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truffle#Cultivation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truffle#Cultivation (Makes sense, though - if they were easy to raise on farms, they'd probably be much cheaper and would not be famous. Just another kind of mushroom.)
- pazimzadeh 13y ago
  Have you ever tasted truffles? I don't know if you are right or not with regards to truffles, but rarity and quality does sometimes correlate, such as with saffron and sturgeon caviar.