About Us & Contact info

New World Truffieres specializes in the cultivation of culinary truffles in North America and produces seedlings inoculated with various truffle species that are now planted in orchards across the U.S. We are dedicated to environmentally friendly horticultural methods and believe that truffles offer a non-polluting, sustainable and potentially lucrative alternative to many other forms of agriculture.

Founded by Charles K. Lefevre, Ph.D. in 1999, New World Truffieres is located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley near the city of Eugene. Western Oregon is famous for its diversity and abundance of wild mushrooms and truffles and has been a center of mycological research throughout the past century. It is also the primary region for production of the Oregon white and black truffles and has an ideal climate for the culinary truffles of Europe. Dr. Lefevre specializes in the biology, ecology and cultivation of edible ectomycorrhizal fungi, particularly matsutake and the culinary truffles. He is also President of the North American Truffling Society, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to research and education on the diversity of native North American Truffles.

Please feel free to contact New World Truffieres or Dr. Lefevre for information on truffle cultivation in your area or to purchase inoculated trees.

New World Truffieres
P.O. Box 5802
Eugene, OR 97405

phone: 541-513-4176
e-mail: info@truffletree.com