Dr. Charles Lefevre is the owner of New World Truffieres, a company specializing in truffle cultivation and the controlled inoculation of oak and hazelnut seedlings with a range of culinary truffle species. Dr. Lefevre received his Ph.D. in Forest Mycology at Oregon State University in 2002, conducting research on the host associations of the American Matsutake mushroom. He is President of the North American Truffling Society and has published technical articles on the Oregon truffles and cultivation of the celebrated European species. Please feel free to contact Dr. Lefevre at Charles@truffletree.com or www.truffletree.com