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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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By Beth Mole

- More than 2 years ago

Truffles, the homely fungal celebrities of the culinary world, have unseen help concocting their prized — and pricey — aromas.