Record black truffle harvest expected in Spain

This year, more black truffles than ever could be collected in the Spanish province of Palencia. The 20 growers in the Cerrato region are expected to harvest up to 2,000 kg of this fungus. The sales price is around € 800 per kilo. "This underground truffle ripens excellently in the stony Cerrato region thanks to the improvement and modernization of cultivation and irrigation techniques, abundant autumn rains and the right temperatures," says Professor Juan Andrés Oria de Rueda, Director of the Chair of Mycology at the University of Valladolid . Sponsored by the Province of Palencia and located in the Palencia campus of the University of Valladolid, this chair studies the productivity and potential of the edible mushrooms and truffles in the Province of Palencia and in the Castilla y León region, as well as the impact of this cultivation on rural development. The researchers are continuously monitoring the growth and diversity of these fungi in the hills and in the cultivation ...