The history of the truffle is not clear. Although some historians affirm that the babylonians were the first discoverers of the truffle, they create people's great majority the fact that the Athenian went for 1600 A.C. In 1600 a. C. we found the first written source where the truffle is mentioned in that period ( acquaintance in that epoch for "ydmon" or "iton)".

In that epoch, the truffle also was a deluxe food and only one could eat at the palaces and nobility's homes. Although in ancient times, your aphrodisiac character like your perfume was so important or taste.

The Roman Empire also knew truffles. The big cooks that were cooking the truffles were famous and eulogies in the whole empire. Although not only in the Roman Empire the cooks had a great reputation, but also they went back to get fashionable in eighteenth century the big banquets with truffles. He is the great Napoleon very well-known or some lovers of the truffles were Vicar of Christ of the epoch. This corroborates itself if we observed the menu of the famous Congress of Vienna of 1815: “Croquettes with truffle ”

The entrance of the truffle in the Modern Age supposed a most exhaustive study of the mushroom. They started to the characters like Ray, Borch's Compte, Micheli or De Bornholz go out. All these men of sciences helped to that nowadays we know all related matters with the truffle perfectly.

If we have to associate a person to the world of the truffle, this is Mr. Charles Vittadini. Monographia wrote on 1831. With this book, Vittadini divides all types of truffles and describes them. It is that than as you will see in the section TYPES, the great majority of sorts of truffles they contain your last name.

Another great contribution to the knowledge of the truffle was the one that Tulasne did. This man was the first to associate the Mycelium to the truffle. Although this right now we will see it also later on.

Where still we are far behind it is at truffle's crop. The truficulture has started to develop few years ago. And, although that is on the right track, still a lot of study that to realize is left.