A method for agricultural cultivation,
domestication, or cultivation of
truffle fungi, including a method for isolation and culture to produce pure
truffle fungi or mini-truffles, typically species of the
genus Tuber or Iamai. Examples of truffles include Tuber melanosporum, Tuber magnatum, Tuber aestivum, Tuber uncinatum, Tuber borchii, species of the
genus Imaia, Tuber macrosporum, Tuber gibbosum, Tuber oregonense, and Tuberlyonii. The isolated pure truffles may then be cultured on a
nutrient substrate, which may be, for example, fruits, nuts, grains, or parts thereof, to produce
truffle-flavored foods. Non-limiting examples of such substrates include rye, barley, lentils, wheat, rice, soybeans, pecans, hazelnuts, pine nuts, walnuts, coffee beans, mustard, cocoa, sesame, sunflowers, grapes, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, kiwis, mangoes, raspberries, and
huckleberries.