Microbes’ role in truffle scents not trifling
Partnership helps give prized mushrooms their potent and pricy perfume, scientists suggest
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SIGNATURE SCENT By compiling and reanalyzing data, researchers now think that truffles, like this Italian white truffle (Tuber magnatum Pico), get their knock-your-socks-off smells with the help of their microbes.
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