Truffles grow underground with oak trees
Truffles are hidden underground fungi that share a vital, mutually beneficial partnership with oak tree roots, making them a rare and prized culinary delicacy.
Truffles are prized fungi that grow hidden underground, forming a vital partnership with oak tree roots. This symbiotic relationship, called mycorrhiza, allows the truffle to help the oak absorb water and nutrients, while the tree provides sugars. This makes truffles notoriously difficult to find, often buried inches to a foot deep.
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