There is more than one truffle on this picture. I thought there was just one…and looking at the picture later I found some more! How many truffles are there on this picture? Not everything is camera focus…Clue: surface truffles are generally damaged by insects or animals.
A good detective eye on the soil can pay off. Would you know the difference between these soil samples and the other sample (apart from the scale)
Figure 2 Soil Debris Examples
There is no need for special tools to take note of the potential difference, just a good eye. However, the soil is not always bare to see.
An initial identification is useful, but a microscope is generally used to check the type of truffles on a site. Here are two ‘cuts’ vertical and horizontal lines respectively to add to the same ‘horizontal’ slice on the introduction page Grosol Main Page
Figure 3 T.Uncinatum vertical slice
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Figure 4 T.Uncinatum horizontal slice
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Most insects are small and on the move. Knowing insect behaviour, not just its presence, is more telling than its identification. It can change if a truffle is ripe. Pictures do not help, knowledge does.
Others birds or animals, just like us are opportunistic but have been found to play a major part.
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