The price of Japanese matsutake mushrooms can reach more than $500/kg
Other Fresh Mushrooms
Japan
Published Dec 3, 2021
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Matsutake mushrooms harvested in Japan can cost upwards of $500 per kilo. Mushroom hunters go in search of the matsutake mushrooms once a year, in the fall. Yet it is difficult to predict the quality of a harvest. In the past 70 years, the harvest in Japan has decreased by more than 95%. Click here to watch a video that addresses the questions of why these mushrooms are so expensive, and why they are nearly gone.
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