Milad Mohamad, a Truffle hunter, holds up a white truffle, known locally as "Terfas", in Al-Hamada al-Hamra desert, in Libya's western Nalut province on February 22, 2019. - Braving the cold and hostile Libyan desert, Milad scratches the ground to extract what he calls "manna from heaven": white truffles coveted as a delicacy at home and abroad. The fungus known locally as "Terfas" is the only thing, besides some wild grass, that grows under the desert sands nurtured by the combined effect of rain and cold temperatures at night. (Photo by - / AFP)
Braving the cold and hostile Libyan desert, Milad Mohammed scratches the ground to extract what he calls “manna from heaven” – white truffles coveted as a delicacy at home and abroad.
The fungus known locally as “Terfas” is the only thing, besides some wild grass, that grows under the desert sands nurtured by the combined effect of rain and cold temperatures at night.
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