Wild truffle in my garden?

Posted by Nicholas H, September 23, 2009 at 4:49 PM

So I went out to look at my tiny garden this morning, and noticed an odd lumpy thing peeking out of the ground in the bed where I currently have radishes. I had potatoes there in the spring, so I thought maybe it was just one of those that I missed when I harvested. So I dug it out, and realized it was the wrong color - white-gray instead of brown. Smelled like a mushroom, but it was too firm, and had no stem. I took it inside and washed it off, then halved it. The outer white surface was very thing, and surrounded a uniform marbled black interior. Instantly my mind went to truffles. Having never eaten truffles, I can't be certain, but the aroma is like a very strong mushroom smell. Any idea whether this thing is a truffle? It clearly seems to be a wild mushroom, and could therefore be highly toxic, and I don't want to end up in the hospital (or the morgue) because I ate it. But I'm going to have a hard time tossing this thing in the garbage considering that it may be a truffle.

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