Talk:Tuber oregonense

growing Oregon Truffles
Regarding: "Some individuals have had success in growing the truffles in Christmas tree farms in Oregon."

If an individual plants corn and it becomes infected with corn smut, is it said that the individual has had success in growing corn smut in a corn planting? If so, then this statement about truffles in Christmas tree farms in Oregon may be able to stand. Certainly, there are a few individuals who have claimed to have successfully inoculated Douglas Fir trees with Oregon Truffles and/or to have produced Oregon Truffles where and in quantities that otherwise the truffles would not have occurred. Curiously, although many people have sought to become Oregon Truffle barons for 3 decades now, the individuals who have claimed success at growing them have not founded a successful industry consulting thereupon, which tends to suggest that those claimants do not have a reliably reproducible methodology. Of greater value here, however, is that, to my knowledge, there is no statistically significant data from controlled trials that demonstrates that human action aimed at causing Oregon Truffles to grow in Christmas tree farms in Oregon (nor anywhere) has ever done so. Since Oregon Truffle spores are known to be spread by wild animal fecal vectors and its fungus is an indigenous, perhaps even co-evolving symbiont with Douglas Fir trees, without such carefully-designed experiments it is difficult to be sure that it was one's human efforts that led to any production.24.216.229.2 (talk) 08:49, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

This consideration would also bear upon the last sentence of the first paragraph of the narrative: "Attempts to cultivate the truffles in Christmas tree farms have been successful"24.216.229.2 (talk) 09:14, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

As other types of truffles are cultivated from inoculated tree saplings, as a matter of fact, it seems odd to use an 11 year old article to suggest this is somehow in question. Perhaps this section should be rewritten to be more specific to Oregon truffles with current citations. 25 April 2012

If the claim of success were to remain, is "cultivate" the correct term for the growing of the sporocarp of a mycorrhizal fungus? Although I find it yet an unsatisfactory descriptor, perhaps "domesticate" would be more germane.24.216.229.2 (talk) 09:14, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Hang on just a minute
To quote:- ''The truffle is highly prized for its taste and aroma. Some individuals have claimed success in cultivating the truffles in Christmas tree farms.''

And yet discovered just over a year ago?

Hell maybe it is better than all day sex on overtime but all the same it sounds like BULLSHIT — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.1.234 (talk) 22:21, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Not discovered (it's been known of for a few decades now, as the "January maturing" version of Tuber gibbosum), but only recognized as a distinct species and formally named recently. Sasata (talk) 22:34, 29 May 2012 (UTC)