Truffles & Their Benefits
Truffles that grow in the PNW
The 3 main culinary truffles are:
Oregon White Truffle (tuber gibbosum; tuber oregonense)
Oregon Black Truffle (Leucangium carthusianum)
Oregon Brown Truffle (Leucangium Brunneum)
There are many non-culinary truffles. One of the best resources for that information is the Field Guide to North American Truffles which can be purchased at the following site: https://www.natruffling.org/tfgbuy.htm
More About How Oregon Truffles Benefit the PNW
Sarah’s mission is about more than delicious food. She’s working to promote sustainable forest economies and raise awareness about how truffle ecosystems contribute to carbon sequestration and forest health. Through leasing small forest lands for ethical harvesting, educating the public through the North American Truffling Society, and collaborating with other local truffle hunting groups, she’s helping create a standard where conservation and culinary tourism go hand in hand. Her work supports local foragers, boosts winter tourism, and encourages Oregonians to see the forest not as a resource to extract from, but as a living system to experience and protect.
Interest in local, sustainable, and hands-on culinary tourism is booming, and Oregon’s native truffles are the perfect story to tell. Few visitors (or locals!) realize that the Pacific Northwest is home to some of the world’s most aromatic truffles, and that the best season to experience them is in the heart of Oregon’s quiet, green winters. With Truffle Connection PNW, Sarah Colby is putting Oregon truffles (and the people, forests, and dogs behind them) on the map.
