| Brûlé : | (literally : burnt), grassless area due to the herbicid caracteristics of a mushroom. Also called “ Ronds de sorcière” ( Witch’s circle). |
| calcicole : | Vegetation well adapted to calcareous soil |
| cavadou : | Stick used to look for truffles in the ground |
| cavage : | Action of digging in the ground with a cavadou |
| caveur : | Name of the person who digs in |
| farfadet : | (literally : sprite) ; For us, a sprite is the one who owns at least one truffle tree and who consequently becomes a member of the circle of the witch. |
| marbrure : | (litterally : marbled) ; The whole of the veins that give the marbled aspect the sliced truffle. |
| melano : | For the tuber melanosporum , black truffle from the Périgord |
| mycelium : | Microscopic filament of the mushroom |
| mycorhization : | Symbiosis of the mushroom and the roots of the tree. |
| mycorhize : | Association of mushroom (myco) and the root (rhize) |
| peridium : | Skin of the truffle |
| rabasse : | Slang word to name black truffle in Provence |
| Rond de sorcière : | ( litterally: Witch circle) ; Natural phenomenon where the grass on the ground tends to disappear as the results of the herbicid caracteristics of the underground mushrooms.In the Middle Age, witches were suspected to dance around the trees and create these circles. |
| spores : | Sexual organ of the mushroom |
| truffette : | Young truffle ( under 1 gram) |
| trufficulteur : | Person who cultivates the truffle |
| truffière : | Plantation of truffle trees where truffles can be harvested. |
| tuber : | Qualify different species of truffles. |
