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Paper, 'Account of the trufles [sic] growing in Hungary' by Dr [Franz Ernst] Bruckman [Bruckmann]

Reference number: CLP/10iii/47

Date: 1725

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Paper regarding white, yellow, and brown species of truffles found in the counties of Liptau [Liptó] and Zips [Spiš] in Hungary. Bruckmann provides details on the appearance, growth, weight, and price of these truffles, as well as the way that the truffles are found by locals in the mossy fields and then prepared for eating. This paper was published in 'Breslaw Miscellanys' in March 1725.

Subject: Botany / Agriculture

Read to the Royal Society on 21 January 1730.

Reference number
CLP/10iii/47
Earliest possible date
1725
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of the trufles [sic] growing in Hungary' by Dr [Franz Ernst] Bruckman [Bruckmann], 1725, CLP/10iii/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10iii_47/paper-account-of-the-trufles-sic-growing-in-hungary-by-dr-franz-ernst-bruckman-bruckmann, accessed on 16 May 2026

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