Turkey exported 100 tons of cedar (tar) mushrooms to Japan and South Korea this year

It was reported that 100 tons of cedar (tar) mushrooms were exported to Japan and South Korea this year. The villagers, who scan each tree around each tree one by one with sticks in their hands in the forest at the foothills of Taurus Mountain at 1600 altitude in Kozan and Feke districts of Adana, sell the tar mushrooms they find to export companies at a price of between 70 and 100 liras. Chairman of the Kozan Chamber of Commerce Mustafa Kandemir said that they also applied for a geographical indication for the tar mushroom, which is the brand of the region with its aroma, color and flavor. This year, arid climate despite nearly 100 tons of exports made that transmits and based in Istanbul, which performs investment in Adana, a private company in Adana branch representatives Sefa Özsoy Turkey in tons of collected tar mushroom in Japan sold out dollars grams and one with special packaging that noted. Stating that they mostly export tar mushrooms from Muğla, Antalya, Mersin, Adana ...