By now, the story of the truffle hunter with a hollow face who set off during the night to look for truffles with his faithful dog, has become one of the oldest and most beautiful truffle legends: but today it's not only a legend but an important reality.

On the tracks and with the help of his dog the man found the precious tuber (Tuber melanosporum vitt), defined by an authoritative source as being the “black diamond” of the table, with a rough but royal aspect.