The problem is if we can find the clients to buy them. Like this story? Skip Navigation. Jennifer Liu. How much would you pay for a fungus? Chef Umberto Bombana holds up a plate of truffles in Hong Kong in Urbani Truffle USA has 18, truffle hunters and brokers throughout the world. VIDEO By now most people know that when they see truffle on a menu -- the real deal, not just truffle oil -- it's going to cost them a pretty penny. Truffles, which grow underground and are quietly foraged with the help of well-trained dogs, give off an intoxicating flavor that no other ingredient can match.
That's right folks, this single mushroom costs more than what most of us make in a month. Grown by Ted Smith of Yelverton Truffles in Robertson, Australia, this gigantic truffle is the second largest recorded in the history of truffle growing -- the first was found in France. Smith started growing these black mushrooms a few years back as a retirement project -- look like things are going pretty well.
Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? You can farm many truffle varieties, besides the rare Italian whites. Many people have been successful in setting up truffle orchards, but it's not easy. Trees need to be planted in the right soil conditions, inoculated with truffle fungus, and often irrigated constantly. It can take as long as six years before you get a good truffle harvest, and there's no guarantee that the fungi will grow at all.
Through the loss of woodland and climate change, the number of wild truffles has decreased significantly. Since the 19th century, production in France has fallen from over 1, tonnes a season to just 30 tonnes. And climate change could mean that truffles will disappear altogether in the future.
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