Truffles (candies) - Name Origin

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It always puzzled me before - those chocolate candies aren't the same at all. I mean, the actual truffles are the mushrooms growing in France. They chocolate candies that are named the same way don't resemble mushrooms at all. In fact, mushrooms are considered gourmet food, although the actual natural look of those mushrooms isn't appetizing at all. The actual meaning, actually, as it turns out, lies in the origin of a word "truffle" itself. In Latin, it means "swelling," or "lump." Of course, both mushrooms and candies look like they are some kind of lumps. That's why they carry the same name, even though there is no direct relation between them.