11/9/2004: Big truffle

Undertoad · 11-09-2004, 01:03 PM

$41,000. That's how must that thing in the image costs.

Not the girl... the "thing" she's holding.

It's a truffle, weighing over one kilogramme (2.2 pounds). It was sold at auction (full story).

It turns out, though, that this isn't the largest truffle ever discovered. the full story explains that the largest ever was over twice this size, and was presented to Eisenhower in 1954.

I would be honored to be presented with any size or type of fungus, never mind one larger than my head.

11-09-2004, 01:03 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/9/2004: Big truffle $41,000. That's how must that thing in the image costs. Not the girl... the "thing" she's holding. It's a truffle, weighing over one kilogramme (2.2 pounds). It was sold at auction (full story). It turns out, though, that this isn't the largest truffle ever discovered. the full story explains that the largest ever was over twice this size, and was presented to Eisenhower in 1954. I would be honored to be presented with any size or type of fungus, never mind one larger than my head.

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