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IMAGE: Three T.matsutake specimens used for the spore inoculation experiment. view more  Credit: Copyright © 2021, Akiyoshi Yamada et al., under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature Costing anywhere from 15 to 70 dollars per mushroom depending on the quality, matsutake mushrooms are some of the most valuable edible fungi in the world. Revered for their delicate scent, matsutake mushrooms are cooked in rice or soups as an Autumn celebration delicacy in Japan. However, there is no way to cultivate matsutake mushrooms and naturally occurring habitats are decreasing with fewer forests conducive to their growth with the changing climate.

Hitoshi murataAkiyoshi yamadaMasamichi ichikawaShinshu university department of agricultureDepartment of bioscienceShinshu universityInstitute for mountain scienceForest products research instituteMycology laboratoryMinistry of agricultureJapan society for the promotion of scienceProfessor akiyoshi yamadaMountain scienceApplied mycology laboratoryJapan societyOod food science