Beautiful White Truffles (© Photographer: Luckynick | Agency: Dreamstime.com)

A white truffle weighing 3.3 pounds has set a record price at an auction held simultaneously in London, Macau and Florence. It was the largest found in decades and sold for $330,000. The highly-prized fungus was dug up by a truffle dog named Rocco near Pisa, Italy.

BBC News quoted Luciano Savini, Rocco’s owner, as saying, "The biggest truffle of the century and the most expensive truffle of the century. There are no more words to say - it is all very beautiful."

People have searched for truffles since ancient times. The Bible mentions desert truffles and Plato wrote of them. Today, they remain one of Nature’s most sought after delicacies. Both dogs and pigs are used to hunt truffles.

If you’d like to read the BBC News report cited above go to: Giant truffle sets record price

If you’d like to purchase a crafted goat cheese with the classic flavor of truffle go to: Truffle Tremor