The white truffles sparking bidding frenzies in northern Italy

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White truffles from northern Italy are fetching tens of thousands of euros at auction as strong demand meets increasingly limited supply. Climate change is making the prized fungi rarer and contributing to higher prices.

In northern Italy, the white truffle capital of the world, the small round fungi are selling at auction for tens of thousands of euros. And as the climate changes, truffles are becoming increasingly rare, with less supply and ever more demand pushing up prices even further.