Silviculture and Cinegetics Review - Societatea Progresul Silvic

BY-PRODUCTS SILVICULTURE AND CINEGETICS REVIEW XVII/30/2012
Harvesting the truffles
Abstract
Maria Dincă, Lucian Dincă
Harvesting the truffles can imply some methods that are
less precisely or even empirical, such as: barefoot,
observing the cracks from the soil, beating it and
analyzing the obtained sound, with the help of the
olfactory sense or the “electronic nose”, by observing
the flight of some insects etc, but also through more
exact and correct measures from an ecological point of
view: by using pigs (even though they immediately eat
the truffles) and, especially, with the help of specially
trained dogs. This article will present the usable dog
species, their work method, the harvesting ethic and its
optimal periods.
The annual truffle production is of approximately 140
tons for Tuber aestivum/uncinatum and 30 tons for
Tuber melanosporum.
The truffles price ranges based on the type of species,
the highest prices being for Tuber magnatum (1000-
3000 Euro/kg) and Tuber melanosporum (300-600
Euro/kg).
Keywords: Truffles, Tuber melanosporum, Tuber
aestivum, Tuber magnatum, harvesting, trained dogs,
prices.
Fig. 1. Suillia gigantea - presence index of mature truffle
(Sursa: grossestruffes.com)
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