Truffle

Truffles were a species of rare edible mushrooms found in several areas of the Realms, including the marshy areas around the High Forest in Northwest Faerûn, the Dalelands, and in the Mhair Jungles, west of the wizardly nation of Halruaa in South Faerûn.

Description
Truffles were plump, fragrant, and meaty mushrooms that could grow the size of an adult elf's fist. They had a savory taste. They were also a well-known favorite food of wild boars and hogs who tirelessly rooted the ground with their tusks and snouts in pursuit of the beloved underground morsels. In a similar manner, wereboars were sensitive to the aroma of truffles and could smell them in the humanoid form as deep as several feet underground.

Culinary

 * Truffles could be found growing underneath oaks of the swampy areas in the High Forest. Travelers who crossed the forests were known to gather the savory mushrooms and cook them with herbs and rice steamed in kettles.
 * In the Dalelands, River Ashaba's trouts were filleted and served with black-truffle oil and warm apricots. Another dish from the Dalelands that was cooked using truffles was stuffed turkey pie, served at The Watchful Eye in Essembra. Old Tower Fowl, a dish with truffles, could be found in The Rising Moon inn of Highmoon of Deepingdale.
 * Truffles and other exotic mushrooms were gathered and exported out of the Adhe Wood of the Vast.

Magic

 * The spell puffball affected mundane mushrooms, including truffles.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * The Vulture's Feast &bull; The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
 * Novels
 * Elfsong &bull; The Floodgate