Matsutake mushroom prices soar due to climate change in China

This year, prolonged drought and heatwaves in southern China have curtailed matsutake mushroom harvests, pushing prices up. Traders had expected the prices of matsutake to start falling towards the end of August, when large quantities of lower quality mushrooms hit the market. But that didn't happen. Instead, this year's harvest in some production areas in Yunnan - China's southwestern province that accounts for a third of China's matsutake crops and about 70% of exports - has fallen ...