A photo of an amanita muscaria mushroom, which can cause hallucinations, disorientation and wild behavior, mistakenly appeared with a story about the opening of matsutake mushroom season on page 7 ...

Yet matsutake grown domestically in Japan can fetch prices that rival black truffles – about ¥15,000 per 100g (¥150,000 for 1kg). Matsutake have been a delicacy since ancient times in Japan ...

Matsutake — “pine mushroom” in Japanese — are prized in many other Asian countries for their scarcity and distinct spicy flavor, which comes with a tinge of cinnamon and cypress.

However, with just US$5 a pound paid recently for the best-grade raw matsutake mushrooms, the market has just about crashed into the dirt. For the truffle of Asia, as the matsutake has been called ...

Matsutake mushroom season opens Tuesday in national forests across Oregon. The brown and white fungi are prized in Japan and China for their spicy odor and taste. Each year, commercial harvesters ...

TAMBASASAYAMA, Hyogo -- Three matsutake mushrooms sold for the bidding price of 930,000 yen (about $6,200) at the first auction of the season here on ...

The winning bid is put in for matsutake mushrooms during the first auction of the season at a local market as many people look on in Tamba Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2021. (Mainichi ...

International Journal of the Commons, Vol. 8, No. 1 (February 2014), pp. 134-154 (21 pages) Tricholoma matsutake (S. Ito and S. Imai) Singer commercialisation provides significant economic benefits to ...

Applications for Matsutake mushroom collection permits for the Central Coast Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest are now open. Every year, 100 commercial-use permits are available on a ...