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HELP! Truffle ID please!
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I found this growing half above ground, more or less attached to a tree root in central pennsylvania. It is pretty soft. I found it in late may. If anyone could confirm that this is a white truffle or not, it wold be greatly appreciated, Thanks!

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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: Shingletownie]
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I don't think truffles can be found in PA.

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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: DannyGlick]
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I think truffles can be found in any state. Pics don't work.

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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: Shingletownie]
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How to post images:



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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: CureCat]
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Thanks everyone! Here is my horrible blurry pic...

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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: Shingletownie]
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and the inside (broke when removed from the soil)



sorry about the pics. I took them in a hurry with my neighbors camera.

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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: Shingletownie]
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Eh. You should do a more thorough description:

II. Accurate mushroom descriptions
    It is critical that you describe mushrooms fully and accurately in order to get a proper identification.

    A good picture of the mushrooms is invaluable, but not required.
    Along with the pictures YOU ARE REQUIRED to provide the following data:

    * Habitat (where [woods, pasture, state,province,country, altitude] and what [soil, dung, wood (dead, living, what kind of wood?)] does it grow on)
    * Characteristics of the gills (color, attached/not, gills/pores, etc)
    * Characteristics of the stem (length, diameter, color, texture, hollow/solid, thin/thick, etc)
    * Characteristics of the cap (diameter,color, texture, conical/spherical, convex/concave, etc)
    * Spore print color (very important!)
    * Color that the mushroom bruises
    * Scent of the mushroom
    * Anything else you might find important

    For a template ID request please see this thread.

    For more detailed guidelines for describing your finds, please view this document.

    For an explanation of mycological terms please refer to this document .




It could be a truffle, a false truffle or a puffball. Check out some of these guys and maybe you'll find a match:

http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/skey/falsetruffle.html

http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/skey/truffles.html

http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/skey/puffball.html


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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: Shingletownie]
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It's a puffball of some sort, not a truffle. Maybe a species of Rhizopogon.

Edited by Hotnuts (05/21/08 03:56 PM)

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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: Hotnuts]
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* Habitat - woods, in soil, attached to tree stump root
* Characteristics of the gills - gills absent
* Characteristics of the stem - stem absent
* Characteristics of the cap - cap absent
* Spore print color (very important!) - I have take spore prints from other mushrooms, but I don't know where to start with this particular species
* Color that the mushroom bruises - no bruising, however interior is browning over time
* Scent of the mushroom - rich "mushroomy" scent

I do believe Hotnuts is correct, I dismissed the possibility of it being a Rhizopogon, but I dug a little deeper, and it appears to be so. Thanks everyone!

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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: Shingletownie]
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For future reference, the species of tree is also VERY important in identifying mycorrhizal mushrooms such as Rhizopogon.


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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
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Alan Rockefeller said:
I think truffles can be found in any state. Pics don't work.


Show me evidence of a PA truffle and I'll believe it.

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Re: HELP! Truffle ID please! [Re: CureCat]
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Rhizopogon are associated with evergreens. That may not even be the genus, but they certainly have a lot of the characteristics of Rhizopongon.

Edited by Hotnuts (05/21/08 09:28 PM)

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