It was Lancaster who let out an exclamation, and Wang Bo ran over to see him intently sweeping the fallen leaves under an oak tree, with a serious expression on his face. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Several bodyguards watched with interest with guns on their shoulders, and someone laughed: "I didn't expect to be able to dig up treasures when exercising, it's really good luck, it seems that the closer we are to the sky, the closer God is to us." ”

Lancaster rolled up his sleeves and swept away the leaves and dug something out of the dirt with a rubber dagger.

These things are a bit like walnuts, with a bumpy appearance and complex textures, ranging in color from light brown to brownish black, mainly spherical and oval, with small ones about the size of beans and large ones like walnuts.

Wang Bo looked at it at a glance and thought that he had dug out a walnut from under the tree, but Lancaster dug out a small ball slightly larger than a walnut and put it on his nose to sniff it, and said with a smile: "Shet, the unique smell of the forest, I seem to own the whole forest." ”

As he spoke, he handed the ball to Wang Bo.

Wang Bo looked at the ball and asked hesitantly, "This is, this is a truffle?" ”

Truffle is a general term for a mushroom that is classified into the genus Truffle in the family Asacrumaceae, and there are about 10 different species, usually annual fungi.

People who have lived in foreign countries for a long time know about this mushroom, most of them grow in the roots of broad-leaved trees, and generally grow under pine, oak, and oak trees, which is very rare.

China is also one of the countries producing truffles, but because of the eating habits and the rarity of this thing, there are not many descriptions of truffles in Chinese food culture.

In foreign countries, especially in Europe, because of the special smell of truffles, rich in protein, amino acids and other nutrients, people are full of interest in truffles, and in the selection of Western food, caviar, foie gras and truffles are the world's three treasures.

Compared with caviar and foie gras, truffles are more precious because of the extremely demanding growing environment, and they cannot be cultivated artificially, so they are produced in a range of countries, such as Italian, French, British, Chinese, Australian and New Zealand.

Hearing his question, Lancaster smiled excitedly: "Yes, this is a truffle, a kind of black truffle, I just found it by coincidence, what a blessing!" ”

It is indeed a lucky thing to find truffles, which are usually scattered within a radius of one and a half meters at the base of the tree, and the most valuable truffle bodies are thirty or forty centimeters below the ground.

Because truffles are scarce, even in abundant areas, truffles are rarely found under a few trees in a forest, so they are hidden deep underground, and it is even more difficult to spot them.

The black truffles that Lancaster found were also underground, but there were a lot of fallen leaves and loose soil, and he had tried to dig a pit to make a trench pit, but he dug up the truffles.

If you dig up truffles, it is still easier to distinguish, they have a peculiar appearance and aroma of dried fruits. An aristocrat like Lancaster usually comes into contact with truffles when he eats, so he can naturally recognize them at a glance.

The truffle is different from all other natural resources, so when you find it, you dig it up because it only grows for one year.

Moreover, its size has nothing to do with its age, it only grows with the seasons, dies and is born.

Generally speaking, black truffles ripen in about December, and until March of the following year, overripe truffles will rot and disintegrate.

Because the weather in New Zealand is the opposite of that in the Northern Hemisphere, there are no fresh truffles in Europe at this time, while countries such as New Zealand and Australia happen to produce truffles.

Among the many varieties, the black truffle from France and the white truffle from Italy are the most rated. But New Zealand truffles are also quite famous, because when they are produced, most of the producing countries are often no longer producing truffles, and they are scarce and expensive.

After digging up the truffles, Lancaster sliced the largest of them with a saber, revealing the dark black flesh within, with intricate marble-like veins that resembled fine beef.

After packing up the truffles, the group stopped training, and Lancaster left with the group.

Wang Bo smiled and asked, "Don't you look around anymore?" Other truffles may also be found. ”

Lancaster shook his head regretfully: "The nutrients of the truffle come from the attached roots and soil, if a truffle grows in a place, the nutrients of the land and plants will be absorbed by the truffle, and nothing else can be grown for a period of time." Of course, there will only be one truffle in a piece of land, not a large number of them. ”

Wang Bo thinks that it is not necessarily, he thinks that these truffles are related to the heart of the woodland that has just been used.

But this is just a guess, because the heart of the woodland is not that powerful, and it can be born out of thin air after just using it overnight.

After years of research, he found that these territorial hearts can only play a role in optimizing and promoting the growth of the territory, such as the pasture heart, which can change the quality of pasture and improve the breed of livestock.

However, it cannot give birth to an animal out of thin air.

In the same way, the Heart of the Woodland can improve the quality of the land, it can improve the environment, and it will make truffles survive better, but it will not be able to make some truffles, let alone do it in one night.

But even if it just improves the environment and makes truffles suitable for growth, it's rare.

The truffle is also unable to tolerate any subtle changes in the environment as it grows, and it is one of the few delicacies in the world that cannot be cultivated in an orderly manner, and must be fed by a symbiotic relationship with the roots of the tree.

In addition, truffles prefer alkaline soils, and high-quality truffles are mainly produced in calcareous terrain areas, such as Alba in Italy, Perrico in France, Yunnan in China, etc., all of which are located in calcareous terrain areas.

The Southern Alps are also calcareous landforms, so truffles are also produced in other regions, but now mechanized farming, pesticide spraying of soils, excess or too little rainfall, and changes in forest species have led to a decline in truffle production.

Lancaster doesn't stop looking for truffles here, he says he will go on a treasure hunt when he returns to the UK to buy a sow specially trained to collect truffles.

In Europe, there is a type of truffle hunter who uses the sow as a right-hand man in harvesting black truffles.

Sows have an extremely sensitive sense of smell and can smell truffles buried in the ground at a depth of 25 to 30 centimeters from a distance of 6 meters. This is because the smell of truffles is similar to androsterenol, which induces sexual impulsivity in sows, so sows have a soft spot for them.

Lancaster usually spends his time in London or Yorkshire, he likes to hunt, and digging for black truffles is also seen as a hunting activity among the European aristocracy. (To be continued.) )