Matsutake mushrooms are often given as gifts, sometimes by companies to their clients in seasonal baskets. They are commonly used in sukiyaki, a one-pot nabemono-style dish that combines dashi ...

Matsutake mushrooms, which like truffles are highly prized for their delicate taste and scarcity, were designated as a threatened species for the first time by the International Union for ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Matsutake mushrooms harvested in Japan can cost over $500 per kilogram. Mushroom foragers like Gihei Fujiwara search for matsutake once a year around early fall.