Matsutake mushrooms

Matsutake mushrooms

　　Matsutake mushrooms

　　Matsutake mushrooms, also known as pine mushrooms, matsutake, chicken thread mushrooms, or songkoumo, are called matsutake in Japan. They are a highly prized wild edible fungus. Not only do matsutake mushrooms have an excellent flavor and enticing aroma, but they are also nutrient-rich and known as the "king of edible fungi," ranking alongside morels and lingzhi mushrooms. In Europe and America, they are especially treasured as a delicacy. They are the fruiting bodies of the bolete fungi species Suillus luteus and Suillus granulatus.