Warm and damp weather has brought ideal growing conditions for British truffles this season, and may bring the best harvest “of modern times”, according to Truffle UK.
Dorset company Truffle UK, which sells summer truffles found at a woodland site in Wiltshire, has revealed that its hunters are unearthing specimens as big as shot puts, worth £100 a piece.
Nigel Haddon-Paton of Truffle UK said: “Like most crops, truffles need water and warmth and that is what we have had this summer. There are lots of truffles and we have found them up to 500g each - bigger than cricket balls.
“We had a look at some three weeks ago, but they were not right. They had grown slowly because of the spring cold. However, since then we have had lots of rain, which has helped them grow, and it has also been humid, so they are doing very well.”
Truffle UK sells truffles to the foodservice industry and private individuals, and the truffles are fetching £180 a kilo at present.
The truffle found at the woods in Wiltshire is the summer truffle (Tuber aestivum), which is found from July to mid-October.
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