https://phys.org/news/2013-12-scientists-unearth-secrets-perigord-truffles.html and It is commonly believed that truffles, like other fungi, are homothallic, meaning that they reproduce themselves," said Paolocci. "Because fungi that reproduce this way do not need a sexual partner it was believed that truffle cultivation relied only on the environment and nutrition, now we know that is wrong." https://phys.org/news/2010-10-scientists-reveal-sex-wars-truffle.html and https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40090841 when you eat a truffle you are eating it's sexual organ. neat, huh? rocky mountain oysters anyone?
Clever thread title. And this is one of those things that I'm intrigued to know, but didn't really need to know. lol
It seems that eating rocky mountain oysters can give one a temporary testosterone boost... (the story goes that classical Greek athletes doped themselves by feasting on testes before a competition) One wonders if the same can be said of eating the male truffle?
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