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Oobi
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Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards 1
#19349266 - 12/30/13 11:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anyone have experience with finding truffles? Pecan truffles of the species Tuber lyonii can be found in the south in pecan orchards. Is it possible that I could find them under single pecan trees? There is a huge pecan tree next to my fathers workplace. It's hard to find orchards that just let people walk in, most pecan orchards are only open during november. Thinking about training a dog. The smell and taste of black truffle salt alone is so addicting, it smells like sweaty feet, a kinda sexy smell. Guess that's why female pigs are attracted to the androstenone in them :p
Edited by Oobi (12/30/13 11:42 PM)
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Oobi]
#19349371 - 12/31/13 12:19 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Looks like it is a pretty common species in Pecan orchards. You should go look for it. When you find some, you should use them to train a puppy to find them.
If you find some please send some to me so I can get some pics of the spores.
Truffle spores can be cool looking, here is a pic I took of some that someone mailed me.
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Oobi
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#19349545 - 12/31/13 01:20 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Funny how the owners of all the pecan orchards don't realize the hidden gold mine under their trees. It looks like most truffle hunting happens at night without the landowners permission. Will probably wait until next november when the pecan orchard opens, instead of risking a trespassing ticket
It seems like there are 3 different species of pecan truffle, Tuber lyonii, Tuber canaliculatum, and Tuber texensis.
Edited by Oobi (12/31/13 01:32 AM)
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Oobi]
#19350370 - 12/31/13 09:18 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Have you tried asking anyone who owns an orchard? Just be polite and make sure they know you will respect their land. Worst they can do is say no.
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Oobi]
#19350404 - 12/31/13 09:32 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oobi said: Anyone have experience with finding truffles? The smell and taste of black truffle salt alone is so addicting, it smells like sweaty feet, a kinda sexy smell. Guess that's why female pigs are attracted to the androstenone in them :p
i got some shaved on a dish a couple weeks ago. they were largely flavorless. and certainly not that truffle scent that will make me do dastardly things in a fancy restaurant. But I could never afford to have shaved REAL truffles, so...
"It should be made clear that although this truffle is the same genus, it is very different from the renowned white (Tuber magnatum) or black (Tuber melanosporum) truffles"
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: drake89]
#19351054 - 12/31/13 12:51 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Truffles that are found with a rake are flavorless, because not all of them are ripe. Or they might have been stored for too long and all the smell evaporated, truffle taste is purely from the smell molecules
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Oobi]
#19359184 - 01/02/14 03:37 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oobi said: Anyone have experience with finding truffles? Pecan truffles of the species Tuber lyonii can be found in the south in pecan orchards. Is it possible that I could find them under single pecan trees? There is a huge pecan tree next to my fathers workplace. It's hard to find orchards that just let people walk in, most pecan orchards are only open during november. Thinking about training a dog. The smell and taste of black truffle salt alone is so addicting, it smells like sweaty feet, a kinda sexy smell. Guess that's why female pigs are attracted to the androstenone in them :p
theres a large orchard in bark park in Georgetown. unfortunately I havent tried any type of truffle yet.
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Edited by 2859558484 (01/02/14 03:40 PM)
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#19359195 - 01/02/14 03:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Alan Rockefeller said: Looks like it is a pretty common species in Pecan orchards. You should go look for it. When you find some, you should use them to train a puppy to find them.
If you find some please send some to me so I can get some pics of the spores.
Truffle spores can be cool looking, here is a pic I took of some that someone mailed me.

wow very nice picture.
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#19359781 - 01/02/14 05:26 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Alan Rockefeller said: Looks like it is a pretty common species in Pecan orchards. You should go look for it. When you find some, you should use them to train a puppy to find them.
If you find some please send some to me so I can get some pics of the spores.
Truffle spores can be cool looking, here is a pic I took of some that someone mailed me.

Wait...what? is that one spore?
Also, I'm going to have to check this out. I have some relatives with quite a few pecan trees on their property.
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19359788 - 01/02/14 05:27 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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No, that is one ascus with 4 spores.
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Dr.Tooty
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Byrain]
#19359861 - 01/02/14 05:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Byrain said: No, that is one ascus with 4 spores. 
Neat! all the asci I've seen up until now are elongated, like those balloons one would make animals out of. That's really cool.
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Oobi
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19361136 - 01/02/14 10:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Might be hard to find truffles at the moment because of the drought in texas
Also the owners of the pecan orchards around here are really stubborn, and only let people on their property during pecan season in november. So looks like the only way to get truffles is to trespass at 3:00 AM, which I believe is how most truffles are found.
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Oobi]
#19361147 - 01/02/14 10:42 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oobi said: Also the owners of the pecan orchards around here are really stubborn, and only let people on their property during pecan season in november. .
Have you asked them? I'd try that before I trespassed & risked getting shot.
Edited by Ran-D (01/02/14 10:42 PM)
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: Ran-D]
#19361163 - 01/02/14 10:46 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ran-D said:
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Oobi said: Also the owners of the pecan orchards around here are really stubborn, and only let people on their property during pecan season in november. .
Have you asked them? I'd try that before I trespassed & risked getting shot.
^^^THIS
like a million times over man...
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Re: Finding pecan truffles in texas pecan orchards [Re: limentroll]
#19361211 - 01/02/14 10:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yes I've asked, and they said they only let customers on their property for one day in november, which I missed. So will probably wait for next year, instead of risking a trespassing ticket or getting shot
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