Nicos- the trip to Lucca sounds fantastic! We find a lot of porcini in Northern England and last year even found quite a few chanterelles just outside of London!

I think with the truffle trees, if you are just planting a couple, you can easily raise the pH of the soil to a suitable level with garden lime. Then you need to wait at least 3 years, but for those of us who have tried truffles the wait is well worth it!!

Still trying to track down info on the Morels.....it appears that the kits didn’t work very well so most places have discontinued them. I would still love to try this though......