News

Opinion

Editorials

A truffle from Scotland is better than none at all

Where climate change has played the villain on continental Europe, further north, in Scotland, the temperatures are now just right for the fungus to grow strong and aromatic enough to become a viable substitute for Italian tartufo

While the question of how the maternal mycelium meets the paternal partner has still not been satisfactorily resolved.

2 min read Nov 4, 2026 06:15 AM IST First published on: Nov 4, 2026 at 06:15 AM IST

The philosopher Theophrastus once suggested that lightning strikes were responsible for the growth of truffles — those subterranean lumps with an aroma so tempting that they’ve led to blood feuds and global smuggling networks. Only a non-terrestrial force, surely, could produce something this beguilingly delicious.…