Matsutake mushrooms were categorized as “vulnerable,” the third most serious category for threatened species. Matsutake, which grow mainly in north-central Europe, Russia and Asia ...

Mushrooms have difficulty growing in dry conditions ... The effects of abnormal weather also extended to matsutake mushrooms, the coveted delicacy for which Nagano Prefecture is known.

An curved arrow pointing right. Matsutake mushrooms harvested in Japan can cost over $500 per kilogram. Mushroom foragers like Gihei Fujiwara search for matsutake once a year around early fall.

Hiroi Masaru, a former professor at Koriyama Women’s University, says mushrooms like matsutake grow on a layer about five centimeters below the ground and that layer, formed by decaying foliage ...

While black truffles do grow naturally in Japan ... Forest Product Research Institute in Tsukuba. Truffles, like matsutake mushrooms, are mycorrhizal fungi that form symbiotic relationships ...

More than 300 villagers set out into the Matsutake rich forest at the foot of Dagala although less than 126 people are registered as Matsutake pickers with Ge-Nyen Shamu Zinchong Tshogpa, a mushroom ...

Matsutake gohan (pine mushroom rice) is a traditional Japanese autumn dish that Kishimoto says he looks forward to every year. “The focus is on the pine mushroom’s delicate flavour and scent ...