Mia MacCollin doesn’t contain her excitement when her dog, a black Labrador mix named Boston, finds the buried treasure he’s been looking for: the native Oregon white truffle.
These unique mushrooms, which grow underground near the roots of trees, can fetch hundreds of dollars per kilogram at retail.
Mia and Boston are finishing up a two-day course in truffle foraging at a Douglas fir plantation south of Salem. MacCollin and 15 other dog owners have each paid nearly $600 to …
