We have clay with flints over chalk, which can vary from inches to a foot or more thick. The woods has a moderate layer of leaf mould, but not a real build up, so perhaps no more than an inch on top.
We did once find a truffle in a wood across the hill from us, but didn't at the time know what it was, or that we were allowed to forage it; it was a long time ago and we were quite young. As far as I know we don't have truffles, but it is something I have had in mind to make the wood profitable if we could keep others away from them.
700 gm of top quality ceps, and a nice one with a few nibbles out of it that will not notice when they are dried and aired
that patch has over 20 species fruiting at the mo in less than a parking space of tree and turf, amazing spot
i might have a couple of little ones fried, dried is an investment as they improve over a few years in a jar
over a few patches , a middling year, but far better than last year
i am rather looking forward to blewits, salted smoked and pickled for keeping
and the cold weather tree shrooms for right here right now, in garlic butter