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Published 2025년 9월 23일
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(Daejeon=Yonhap News) Reporter Park Joo-young = The Korea Forest Service announced on the 23rd that it expects a decrease in the production of matsutake mushrooms this year due to rapid climate change and large-scale forest fire damage.
Matsutake mushrooms are forest products that cannot be cultivated artificially, and are mainly produced in mountainous areas such as Gangwon and Gyeongsangbuk provinces in South Korea.
The harvesting period is from late August to late October, and requires cumulative rainfall of over 500 to 600 mm, but this year, due to drought in the Gangwon region, the emergence of matsutake mushrooms has been somewhat delayed.
On the 22nd, the Inje and Yanggu County Forest Association began the first auction of matsutake mushrooms, and full-scale production is expected to start from the end of September.
The production of matsutake mushrooms has been decreasing due to climate change and pine forest damage.
The amount of matsutake mushrooms auctioned by the forest association was 124 tons in 2020, decreased to 108 tons in 2021, 67 tons in 2022, and increased to 165 tons in 2023, but sharply decreased to 78 tons last year.
In particular, this year, due to large-scale forest fire damage in the main production area of matsutake mushrooms in Gyeongbuk province, it is predicted that the production of matsutake mushrooms will decrease.
The Korea Forest Service has been conducting research on artificial production of matsutake mushrooms since 2001 to restore matsutake mountains and expand production.
In addition, the Korea Forest Service explained that it is supporting the creation of alternative crops to replace matsutake mushrooms in forest areas affected by large-scale forest fires, with a budget of 32.6 billion won included in the supplementary budget this year.
Kim Yong-jin, Director of the Private Forest Management Income Division at the Korea Forest Service, said, "This year is a difficult year for matsutake mushroom production areas due to large-scale forest fires and drought," and "We will continue to promote various matsutake research and support policies to stabilize the income of matsutake harvesting areas as soon as possible."
jyoung@yna.co.kr
Matsutake mushrooms are forest products that cannot be cultivated artificially, and are mainly produced in mountainous areas such as Gangwon and Gyeongsangbuk provinces in South Korea.
The harvesting period is from late August to late October, and requires cumulative rainfall of over 500 to 600 mm, but this year, due to drought in the Gangwon region, the emergence of matsutake mushrooms has been somewhat delayed.
On the 22nd, the Inje and Yanggu County Forest Association began the first auction of matsutake mushrooms, and full-scale production is expected to start from the end of September.
The production of matsutake mushrooms has been decreasing due to climate change and pine forest damage.
The amount of matsutake mushrooms auctioned by the forest association was 124 tons in 2020, decreased to 108 tons in 2021, 67 tons in 2022, and increased to 165 tons in 2023, but sharply decreased to 78 tons last year.
In particular, this year, due to large-scale forest fire damage in the main production area of matsutake mushrooms in Gyeongbuk province, it is predicted that the production of matsutake mushrooms will decrease.
The Korea Forest Service has been conducting research on artificial production of matsutake mushrooms since 2001 to restore matsutake mountains and expand production.
In addition, the Korea Forest Service explained that it is supporting the creation of alternative crops to replace matsutake mushrooms in forest areas affected by large-scale forest fires, with a budget of 32.6 billion won included in the supplementary budget this year.
Kim Yong-jin, Director of the Private Forest Management Income Division at the Korea Forest Service, said, "This year is a difficult year for matsutake mushroom production areas due to large-scale forest fires and drought," and "We will continue to promote various matsutake research and support policies to stabilize the income of matsutake harvesting areas as soon as possible."
jyoung@yna.co.kr
Original content
(Daejeon=Yonhap News) Reporter Park Joo-young = The Korea Forest Service announced on the 23rd that it expects a decrease in the production of matsutake mushrooms this year due to rapid climate change and large-scale forest fire damage. Matsutake mushrooms are forest products that cannot be cultivated artificially, and are mainly produced in mountainous regions such as Gangwon and Gyeongsangbuk provinces in South Korea. The harvesting period is from late August to late October, and requires cumulative rainfall of over 500 to 600 mm, but this year, due to drought in the Gangwon region, the emergence of matsutake mushrooms has been somewhat delayed. On the 22nd, the Inje and Yanggu County Forest Association began the first auction of matsutake mushrooms, with full-scale production expected to start from the end of September. The production of matsutake mushrooms has been decreasing due to climate change and damage to pine forests. The amount of matsutake mushrooms auctioned by the ...
Source: Yna
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