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The use of pigs to hunt truffles is said to date back to the Roman Empire, but the first well-documented use comes from the Italian Renaissance writer and gastronomist, Bartolomeo Platina, in the 15th century. [3] Later references to truffle pigs include John Ray in the 17th century. [3] In 1875, a truffle hog could cost up to 200 francs. [4]
Horse breeds originating in the United States (4 C, 44 P) Horse breeds originating in Uzbekistan (3 P) W. Horse breeds originating in Wales (2 P)
Black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) White truffles from San Miniato Black truffles from San Miniato. A truffle is the fruiting body of a subterranean ascomycete fungus, one of the species of the genus Tuber. More than one hundred other genera of fungi are classified as truffles including Geopora, Peziza, Choiromyces, and Leucangium. [1]
Bucephalus, favorite horse of Alexander the Great; one of the most famous horses of antiquity; following his death after the Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BCE, Alexander promptly founded the city of Bucephala upon the spot in his memory; Chetak, war horse of Maharana Pratap of Mewar in India; died defending its master in 1576 during the Battle of ...
All four horses came from the Munich Zoo and in the early 1990s, all Heck horses in the United States traced back to these animals. Several private breeders in the United States now use these horses for riding and light driving. [2] In the early 1960s, the North American Tarpan Association was founded by Heck horse enthusiasts to promote the ...
The Mountain Pleasure Horse is a breed of gaited horse that was developed in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky.This breed reflects the primitive Appalachian gaited horse type and genetic testing shows them to share ancestry with earlier breeds developed in the region, including the American Saddlebred, the Tennessee Walking Horse and the Rocky Mountain Horse.
Tuber melanosporum, called the black truffle, Périgord truffle or French black truffle, [1] is a species of truffle native to Southern Europe. It is one of the most expensive edible fungi in the world. In 2013, the truffle cost between 1,000 and 2,000 euros per kilogram.
Desert truffle, from Yamchi, Iran. The Terfeziaceae, or desert truffles, is a family of truffles (Berber languages: Tirfas, Arabic: كمأ, romanized: Kam', Kurdish: دۆمبەڵان, romanized: Dombelan, Hebrew: כמהת הנגב, romanized: kmehat hanegev) endemic to arid and semi-arid areas of the Mediterranean Region, North Africa, and the Middle East, where they live in ectomycorrhizal ...