The Mushroom Hour Podcast

Ep. 106: Truffle Hunting, Raising a Truffle Dog & Managing Truffle Forests (feat. Melissa Waddingham)

Dec 24, 2021

01:11:46

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The Truffle Dog

05:58

How to Train a Dog to Find Truffles

03:27

How Do You Get a Dog Acclimated to Find a Truffle in the Wild?

01:55

Introduction

2min

The Mushroom and Tulpen Foraging Business

3min

How Did Truffles Enter Your World?

6min

Finding Truffles Without a Dog or a Pig?

2min

Where to Look for Truffles?

2min

What Species of Truffle Are We Talking About?

2min

Do You Know Where You're Getting Truffles?

2min

The Truffle Dog

6min

Is There a Truffle in a Hole?

2min

10.

How Much Have You Learned About Dogs in Hunting Truffles?

4min

11.

How to Train a Dog to Find Truffles

3min

12.

How to Train a Dog to Find Truffles

2min

13.

Do You Have a Dog That's About 10 Months Old?

2min

14.

How Do You Get a Dog Acclimated to Find a Truffle in the Wild?

2min

15.

Getting a Truffle Dog, What's the Golden Rule?

2min

16.

Is It Ever Too Old to Start a Truffle Hunting Dog?

2min

17.

How Did It All Begin for You, Emy?

3min

18.

Is There a Dark Side to Truffle Hunting?

4min

19.

Do You Have a Truffle Farm?

3min

20.

Is There a General Rule for the Ten Year Weight of Summer Truffles?

2min

21.

What's Your Favorite Way of Preparing Truffles and Mushrooms?

2min

22.

Are There Any Future Plans for You?

3min

23.

Is That Mushroom Really, Really?

2min

24.

What's the Relationship You've Developed With Fungi?

2min

25.

Mycology and Fungi - What's the Highest Aspiration?

4min

Today on the Mushroom Hour Podcast we are graced by the presence of Melissa Waddingham founder of Truffle and Mushroom Hunter. As a professional truffle hunter, Melissa respectfully and sustainably searches for truffles with her trained canine companions. She has studied forestry and woodland management and exudes a passion for woodlands and their association with mushrooms and truffles. Her work has given her a reverence for the delicate truffle woodland ecology and its sustainability. It is a rare environment crucial for not only her beloved truffles, but also the well-being of trees in areas of poor nutrients. In pursuing this work, Melissa has created a mushroom and truffle foraging business where she does it all - training truffle hounds, leading truffle hunting courses, performing woodland surveys in search of truffle presence or potential and collaborating with landowners to nurture environments for truffle cultivation.

TOPICS COVERED:

Introduction to Fungi Through the Stomach
Discovering Truffles
Truffle Habitat - England vs Portugal
Truffle Clues & Aromas
Engaging the Senses
Ecology & Life of Truffles
Special Relationship with a Truffle Dog
What Types of Dogs can Hunt Truffles?
Traits of Good Truffle Dogs
Training a Truffle Dog
Learning the Language of Your Truffle Dog
Advice for Beginning the Truffle Hunting Journey
Surveying Forests for Truffles
Truffle Cultivation Industry

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Truffle & Mushroom Hunter Website: https://truffleandmushroomhunter.com/
Truffle & Mushroom Hunter FB: https://www.facebook.com/truffleandmushroomhunter/
Truffle & Mushroom Hunter IG: https://www.instagram.com/truffleandmushroomhunter/
Lagotto Romagnolo (Italian Truffle Hunting Dog): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagotto_Romagnolo
Ian Hall: http://www.trufflesandmushrooms.co.nz/
Amanita caesarea (Fungus): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_caesarea

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