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.

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 ...

It is highly valued for its odor just like matsutake mushrooms. According to the institute, around 200 types of truffles are known to exist in the world. They are artificially cultivated in ...

We’re driving toward a lake on the south side of Mount Hood, cruising slowly and peering into the forest, when suddenly she hits the brakes, jumps out of the car, and runs up the hillside. I see her ...

While black truffles do grow naturally in Japan, cultivation methods are still underdeveloped, prompting ongoing research.

Terra Tokyo Italian by chef-founder Seita Nakahara puts out an ever-evolving four-to-five-course daily menu based on the ...

wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> Finding the best fungi varieties—like the sought-after matsutake, or pine mushroom—is not easy. The finest specimens only grow around the roots of pine ...

Delmonico’s makes a fine, impeccably simmered risotto of incorporating chanterelles, Matsutake and blue foot mushrooms ($38). Baked Alaska was created to commemorate the purchase of Alaska by ...

This seafood restaurant inside a Soho hotel makes photogenic food that is sometimes a little too playful for its own good.

A recent spate of mushroom hunters needing emergency assistance in Oregon highlights the challenges and risks of foraging in ...

Attending seasonal food festivals where you can try autumn delicacies like roasted chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and matsutake ...

The first course was a smoky Matsutake salad with silverberry, honeycomb, seared radicchio, roasted koji cream and toasted pumpkin seed oil. Chanterelle mushrooms were the star of the second dish ...