24. Splivallo, R.; Ottonello, S.; Mello, A.; Karlovsky, P. Truffle Volatiles: From Chemical Ecology to Aroma Biosynthesis. A truffle is a round, exhausting, edible sponge-trying fungi, with a unique "truffle" aroma that could be a mushroom delicacy. It’s anticipated that this 12 months there might be a bumper crop of this uncommon but edible fungi which, as I write this, are being unearthed throughout Britain’s woodlands with the help of effectively-educated sniffer dogs. The purpose is the understand how and why some mushrooms have advanced into truffle-like fungi. He says that the truffle has evolved to have this desirable smell because they must be eaten by animals after which digested and passed out in waste the place they can then regrow. One individual, Zak Frost, director of Wiltshire Truffles says that the truffle market has become a little bit of a con as a result of all truffle-flavoured products are in fact flavoured with a chemical known as 2,4-dithiapentane.