<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ac3fb86d-1a0e-47c0-b7df-d8e0ca95897b/6226524E-0E24-4570-A892-083D35C45D75/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.tswalu.com/ViewNews.asp?ID=9" href="http://www.tswalu.com/ViewNews.asp?ID=9" style="font-size: 11px;">www.tswalu.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tswalu.com/ViewNews.asp?ID=9"><H1>Fungus Mirabilis</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tswalu.com/ViewNews.asp?ID=9"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tswalu.com/img/469A7298-0C4D-42AC-B8AD-A6D7A97E691E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tswalu.com/ViewNews.asp?ID=9"><P>Mention truffle hunting and the image that comes to mind is of fat pigs snuffling through damp leaf litter, speckled with the dappled light of a forest in France or Italy. The most famous are the black truffles of the Perigord region and a white variety found around Piedmont.  Because of its increasing rarity, in Europe this tuber mushroom has long been the preserve of the wealthy and traditionally reserved for special dishes and occasions.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tswalu.com/ViewNews.asp?ID=9"> Few of us associate truffles with this country, least of all with the dry, sandy wastes of the Kalahari Desert.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tswalu.com/ViewNews.asp?ID=9">And yet, one of the best-kept secrets of the Kalahari is the African Truffle, Terezia pfeilii, also known as n/abba, mahupu, sand-potato or knoll.  To go truffle hunting in the Kalahari doesn`t require the sensitive snout of a pig or trained dog, just sharp eyes to spot the fine surface cracks that mark the underground presence of this superior puff-ball.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6226524E-0E24-4570-A892-083D35C45D75/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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