The Chinese variety has weaker flavor, while the Italian variety has more culinary significance. Keep that in mind when you shop for truffles. To know the difference, smell them. The Italian truffle has a stronger odor. Clean the truffles first before eating them. Wash them with water and brush them softly to remove soil that s stuck in them. - the Oregon brown truffle or the Leucangium brunneum which has an exterior with reddish-brown color along with a grayish mottled interior. It is used in dishes and specialties requiring garlicky flavor and aroma. - the Oregon black truffle or the Leucangium carthusianum. Formerly called Picoa carthusiana, this type of truffle is less common compared to the Oregon white truffles. To control weed growth, you would need to cultivate, spray and even apply some mulch. Lime treatment, aeration and soil and promoting root growth of the host tree. When cultivating truffles, it is important to consider and understand that truffle growing would require time, energy and effort. Since it would take a few years before you actually reap the fruit of your efforts, it is important to plan additional sources of income during the early years and seasons when truffles are not abundant. Usually, the White Truffle is found in hazel, poplar, beech and oak trees. With its flesh color which range from pale cream or brown, truffles usually grow during autumn months and each one can grow up 12 centimeter in diameter and could weigh 500 grams. Next to the White Truffle is called the Black truffle or the Black P rigord Truffle. In each type, there are variations in sizes, colors, shapes, textures which can either be smooth or wrinkled and even in taste. Usually, the taste of truffles is greatly compared to garlic mixed an earthiness flavor. It tastes like mushroom only made more pungent with the aroma of garlic. In the field of culinary, truffles are usually served raw. There are truffles like the black winter variety that is best bought during its peak season which is from February to March. Truffles have their own characteristics and colors which could change based on their age or maturity. For example, black truffles when still young would have red exterior color with the inside white instead of black.