Truffle hunting

A man and boy accompanied by four small dogs, hunt for truffles in a forest. Truffles, a fungus that grows in symbiosis with certain trees, and a culinary delicacy, are notoriously difficult to find as they remain underground even when mature. The use of pigs or sniffer dogs to locate truffles is still practised today

1869 Certain Culinary Delicacy Difficult Fungus Grows Locate Notoriously Pigs Practised Remain Sniffer Symbiosis Truffle Truffles

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