Sexual reproduction in truffles

[sculptor]

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?

 

[wegs]

Clever thread title.

And this is one of those things that I'm intrigued to know, but didn't really need to know. lol

 

[sculptor]

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?

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Mod note: The thread title has been edited to remove the profanity. We've never pretended to be a family-friendly site, but at a minimum a want some propriety within the thread titles.

 

[sculptor]

Clever thread title. ... lol

ah yes, but alas, a tad ephemeral
(sigh)