Imagine rooting around the base of a pecan tree and finding small knobby “things” the color, but not the shape, of pecans. Pick one up and sniff. It smells like good Georgia clay with a mushroom ...

Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots of pecan trees in Florida orchards. The good news is that you can eat them - the bad news is that you wouldn't want to. Two new ...

Costing as much as $200 an ounce, white truffles are the diamond of fall produce. Hailing from select parts of Europe—primarily France and Italy—the small round bulbs are prized for their pungent ...

How can a table with piles of mushrooms sprouting from the sides of plastic bags not get your attention? Especially when the guy behind the table, with the nickname Swampy Appleseed, is so friendly ...

University of Georgia professor Tim Brenneman now has a newly discovered truffle species named after him: Tuber brennemanii. Brenneman, an expert in pecan diseases, collaborated with plant pathologist ...

These decadent pecan pie truffles will be the hit of this holiday season. Made with graham cracker crumbs, pecan, and warm spices all formed into a ball and dipped in melted chocolate. These are a ...

It’s known as the wiregrass region, this part of the South that takes in parts of southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Travel its rolling topography and you’ll pass quail ...

Pecan trees are beautiful landscape trees that are important to many homeowners in the Concho Valley. Some say that San Angelo is one of the largest pecan orchards in Texas because there are so many ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots of pecan trees in Florida orchards. The good news is that you can eat them - the bad news is that you wouldn't ...