The World's Largest Truffle Mushrooms Rp753,3 Million Sold

New York (Antara Bali) - Mushroom world's largest white truffle sold at an auction on Saturday at a price of 61.250 US dollars (approximately Rp753,3 million) - far below the estimate of the owner of one million dollars (about IDR12.3 billion) , according to the report.

White Alba Truffle Mushrooms's it weighs 1.89 pounds when it was found last week in the region of Umbria, Italy, making it the largest ever discovered fungus.

Sotheby's said the mushrooms were purchased by a fan of the cuisine of Taiwan, who bid by telephone.

Open offer at a price of US $ 50,000 (approximately Rp614,9 million) for the record breaking fungus.

The owner is Balestra Family of Sabatino Truffles, which according to the New Haven Register newspaper this week its CEO expects that the fungus can be sold at a price of 10 digits.

"I told everyone I wanted to get a million dollars," said Federico Balestra to the New Haven Register, adding that an employee Sabatino in Italy "hunt truffles to us and find truffles it to us."

Balestra said the huge mushroom - a little smaller than the size of a rugby ball - big enough to "presented to 300-400 people." (MFD)