Rare mushroom found in South Africa
17 August 2015 - 19:14
The first Black Perigord Truffle has been discovered‚ in the Western Cape on the farm Altima - one of the properties within the Anthonij Rupert Wyne portfolio. "After six years of the required nurturing and care by Coenie and Hanene Van Dyk‚ the managers at Altima‚ their Truffler aka Clyde the Jack Russel sniffed out the 200gm truffle in the brulé of one of the inoculated oak trees‚" according to a statement by Woodford Truffles South Africa.
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