Matsutake Mushrooms

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The matsutake mushroom, or pine mushroom, isn’t very well known in the West. But it’s a highly prized mushroom in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese cuisine. It has a distinctive spicy odor.

Matsutake mushrooms can be hard to find since they grow under specific trees and are normally hidden by leaves and other brush on the forest floor.

They’re also quickly eaten by rabbits, deer, squirrel, and other wildlife if they find them first.