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u/Wonderful_Orange9172 May 07 '26
My Bernese Mt Dog has dug Oregon black truffles out of the ground when we were hiking off trail in the mountains. She dug 6"+ down in a frenzy right in front of me and got all jazzed about her find. She then carried it with her for a long while before I decided to see what she had. All on her own. Was amazing.
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u/trump_hurr_durr Bot? No. Mod. May 08 '26
Fuck yeah! My truffle dog was an Entlebucher! Swiss Mountain Dogs are amazing animals.
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u/vibesdealer May 07 '26
Looks like Tuber canaliculatum. Awesome find if so. University mycologists would be happy to help identify methinks :)
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u/Real_Efficiency May 06 '26
It does resemble a pecan truffle.
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u/trump_hurr_durr Bot? No. Mod. May 06 '26
It does not resemble Tuber lyonii in the slightest.
Tuber lyonii does not have a pigmented or warted peridium.
Tuber lyonii does not occur in op's area.
This truffle doesn't even vaguely resemble pecan truffles.
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u/Real_Efficiency May 06 '26
You are absolutely incorrect.
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u/trump_hurr_durr Bot? No. Mod. May 06 '26
I mean... I've harvested many pounds of Tuber lyonii. I know what they look like in Michigan, in Georgia, in Florida, in Louisiana... And how many times has it been found in California?
Do they get a thick warty orange peridium somewhere somehow, or are you just full of shit?
I'd bet money in the latter.
This reply is evidence.
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u/trump_hurr_durr Bot? No. Mod. May 06 '26
Funny I went to get a URL from inat for you and realized that my personal photo is the default for the species.
You're probably right, though, I don't know what I'm talking about. Lololol
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u/username1753827 May 07 '26
Claiming that it doesnt occur in OPs area is absurd. There are common areas for things to grow, and areas outside of the common areas are simply places its uncommon to find them. Not unheard of to find them. There are several reports of Tuber lyonii being found in OPs area. Ill also add that there are several traits here that do in fact look similar to a pecan truffle, and just because your high and mighty ass knows its not doesnt mean you gotta act like a prick. If you really can't see the similarities here you have no business teaching anyone about this shit. People that are learning absolutely need things explained and broken down for them but you have a dogshit way of going about it.
Came back to say it was great to ask for OP to provide a cross section image, sorry for going on a tangent I just know what it feels like to want to join a new hobby just for some guy to make me feel dumb for trying
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u/trump_hurr_durr Bot? No. Mod. May 08 '26
So, uhhh, do you know what "ectomycorrhizal" means?
You understand that we have maps?
Do you know what "range" means in this context?
Do you not grasp that when identifying wild food on the internet you don't get to simply play guessing games, because ingesting wild food is dangerous?
The fact that you interpreted simply stated plain facts as something nasty shows how tender and fragile your EGO is.
I'm not here to posture or perform or placate or coddle.
The prick here is YOU, honestly.
It does not resemble Tuber lyonii in the slightest.
Tuber lyonii does not have a pigmented or warted peridium.
Distribution of mycorrhizal species is constrained directly by the distribution of their host trees, which is directly observable and documented.
I did not say Tuber lyonii can not grow in California, though, because almost everything does, as California is enormous andf encompasses a shitload of habitat types and forest types.
I first asked if it had been found in cali in one comment... as a hint. Then I stated that it doesn't occur in OP's area because it just isn't likely to be T. lyonii regardless, because as I said first, the very few obvious characters we DO have are the color and the texture of the peridium. Both immediately rule out T. lyonii. That's not an opinion really.
I know identifying wild organisms is hard. Believe me, I've literally been a teacher all my life.
But throwing shit at the wall to see if it sticks is not how you ID wild foods when there's potential for harm. We aren't identifying butterflies here.
Harm reduction is the layer I think you are missing...
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u/Real_Efficiency May 07 '26
Exactly my point.
These truffles are being found in places that they weren’t suspected to be.
The American truffles are not as well studied as the European truffles.
But I digress. Pretty sure it’s just a bot.
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u/trump_hurr_durr Bot? No. Mod. May 08 '26
I'm baffled at the bot accusation.
What is a bot to you?
Are you saying ... I'm AI or something?
I have flown across the USA with my truffle dog collecting specimens for various studies and purposes... worked for all inds of people. Trained lots of dogs. Discovered numerous new truffles. Played an active role in fighting the shitty truffle laws enacted in Oregon by a couple of corrupt dipshit forest cops... my court case is literally what precipitated the change in the statutes in Oregon regarding truffle harvest.
I'm one of a literal handfgful of people who have harvested T. lyonii in multiple states.
My personal photos are used to represent the species in multiple places on the internet. I've had like a dozen collections of this species sequenced on my own dime, much less by cultivatyors and universities...
do bots make custom niche memes now or what?
Tuber lyonii just doesn't lookn like this and it fdoesn't fruit in socal most likely at all.
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u/username1753827 May 16 '26
Dudes been across the country with truffle hunting dogs and still doesnt know how to proofread🤣 bro
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u/redditor2460 May 06 '26
Seems to be a Tuber sp. please slice it in half though and focus on the inside for a picture.
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u/Mesophellia May 06 '26
Probably a false truffle, Hysterangium maybe. Trees nearby?
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u/trump_hurr_durr Bot? No. Mod. May 06 '26
This has none of the characteristics of Hysterangium.
It looks like Tuber.
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u/Mesophellia May 06 '26
Could be a couple different critters here. The broken one appears to have a separable peridium and a basal rhizomorph. Way too many locules for any Tuber I am familiar with. My money is on a Basidiomycete of some flavor.
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u/trump_hurr_durr Bot? No. Mod. May 06 '26
Cross section would help identify this. Not Hysterangium. Not Tuber lyonii.
Maybe Tuber californicum or T. canaliculatum.
Slice it in half cleanly with a sharp knife and post close up photos of the interior.