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"Matsutake" mushrooms at Wakayama market

The season's first auction for "matsutake" mushrooms from the Wakayama Prefecture town of Koya is held at a fresh produce market in the neighboring city of Hashimoto on Oct. 6, 2023.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-EDIBLE WILD MUSHROOMS-PEAK SEASON (CN)

(230714) -- KUNMING, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A customer chooses matsutake mushrooms at a wild mushroom trade market in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 2, 2023. The peak season for trading wild edible fungi, a beloved seasonal delicacy in Yunnan Province, southwest China, has arrived, enticing countless foodies coveting its enchanting aura. Yunnan, dubbed the "kingdom of wild fungi" in China, breeds about 900 varieties of edible wild mushrooms, accounting for over 90 percent of the national total. TO GO WITH "Across China: China's 'kingdom of wild fungi' enters peak trading season" (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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'Matsutake' mushrooms auctioned off for high price

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Hidenori Kawai, a food shop owner in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, shows "matsutake" mushrooms from Koya in the western Japan prefecture bought in his successful bid at a local market on Sept. 16, 2014. The highest winning bid was 60,000 yen per kilogram, which would fetch a retail price of around 10,000 apiece.

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House Foods launches new potato snack

TOKYO, Japan - House Foods Corp. unveils a "matsutake" mushroom-flavored potato snack product, the latest in the "O'ZACK" series, in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Bountiful harvest of 'matsutake' mushrooms in Nagano Pref.

NAGANO, Japan - Keio Seki, a restaurant manager in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, shows baskets of ''matsutake'' mushrooms, a popular fall flavor, on Oct. 19, 2010, in Ueda.

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Matsutake harvest likely to be leanest in postwar years

TOKYO, Japan - Matsutake mushrooms on sale at a grocery store outside the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. According to the government's Forestry Agency, this year's harvest of homegrown matsutake mushrooms -- a delicacy in Japan -- is likely to hit the lowest level in more than 50 years due to the sizzling heat wave in August, and large matsutake mushrooms have fetched 15,000 yen to 20,000 yen apiece. In this photo, a large matsutake grown in Iwate carries a 22,000 yen price tag, 23,100 yen after the 5 percent consumption tax is included.

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Matsutake imports from China fall on illegal pesticide residue

OSAKA, Japan - Imports of matsutake mushrooms from China are declining sharply, leading to an increase in those from South Korea (photographed at a shop in Kobe) and other suppliers, as they were found to have illegal quantities of pesticide residue. Japanese consumed some 2,500 tons of matsutake mushrooms in 2001, of which imports accounted for 2,400 tons, including 1,530 tons from China.

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#CHINA-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(220419) -- CHISHUI, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers collect matsutake mushrooms in Huilong Village, Baoyuan Township of Chishui, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 19, 2022. April 20 marks Guyu, which literally means "grain rain," referring the sixth of the 24 solar terms created by ancient Chinese to carry out agricultural activities. (Photo by Zhang Peng/Xinhua)

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"Matsutake" mushrooms at Wakayama market

Photo taken Sept. 27, 2021, shows "matsutake" mushrooms from the Wakayama prefecture town of Koya at the food's first auction in this season at a fresh produce market in the neighboring city of Hashimoto.

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"Matsutake" mushrooms at Wakayama market

The season's first auction for "matsutake" mushrooms from the Wakayama prefecture town of Koya is held at a fresh produce market in the neighboring city of Hashimoto on Sept. 27, 2021.

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Matsutake harvest likely to be leanest in postwar years

TOKYO, Japan - Matsutake mushrooms on sale at a grocery store outside the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. According to the government's Forestry Agency, this year's harvest of homegrown matsutake mushrooms -- a delicacy in Japan -- is likely to hit the lowest level in more than 50 years due to the sizzling heat wave in August, and large matsutake mushrooms have fetched 15,000 yen to 20,000 yen apiece. In this photo, a large matsutake grown in Iwate carries a 22,000 yen price tag, 23,100 yen after the 5 percent consumption tax is included. (Kyodo)

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Matsutake imports from China fall on illegal pesticide residue

OSAKA, Japan - Imports of matsutake mushrooms from China are declining sharply, leading to an increase in those from South Korea (photographed at a shop in Kobe) and other suppliers, as they were found to have illegal quantities of pesticide residue. Japanese consumed some 2,500 tons of matsutake mushrooms in 2001, of which imports accounted for 2,400 tons, including 1,530 tons from China. (Kyodo)

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Photo of pro-Pyongyang group Chongryon's leader Ho Jong Man

This undated file photo shows Ho Jong Man, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon. Japanese police searched Ho's home in Tokyo on March 26, 2015, over alleged illegal imports of prized "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest Chongryon chief's son, others over mushroom import

Masamichi Kyo, 50, the son of the head of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, leaves his home in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on May 12, 2015, after being arrested on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea in 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest Chongryon chief's son, others over mushroom import

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference on May 12, 2015, in Tokyo after police arrested the son of the head of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan and two other men on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. Suga said it is natural for Japan as a law-governed nation to promote an investigation based on law and evidence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest Chongryon chief's son, others over mushroom import

Kim Yong Jak, president of a Tokyo-based company affiliated with the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, is arrested in Tokyo on May 12, 2015, on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. Two other men were also arrested the same day, including the second son of the Korean association's head. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest Chongryon chief's son, others over mushroom import

Masamichi Kyo (L), the second son of the head of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, leaves his home with police in Tokyo on May 12, 2015. Kyo, 50, and two other men were arrested the same day on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid Chongryon leader's home over illegal import of mushrooms

Ho Jong Man, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, talks to the press in front of his house in Tokyo after it was raided by police in connection with two South Korean men who were arrested the same day on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid Chongryon leader's home over illegal import of mushrooms

Ho Jong Man (C), head of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, steps out of his house in Tokyo to talk to the press on March 26, 2015, after the house was raided by police in connection with two South Korean men who were arrested the same day on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid Chongryon leader's home over illegal import of mushrooms

Police enter to search the house of Ho Jong Man, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, in Tokyo on March 26, 2015. The police are investigating the relationship between Ho and two South Korean men who were arrested the same day on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid Chongryon leader's home over illegal import of mushrooms

Police carry boxes out of the home of Ho Jong Man, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, after conducting a raid on March 26, 2015. The police are investigating the relationship between Ho and two South Korean men who were arrested the same day on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid Chongryon leader's home over illegal import of mushrooms

Ho Jong Man (R), chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, talks to the press in front of his house in Tokyo after it was raided by police in connection with two South Korean men who were arrested the same day on suspicion of illegally importing "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Customs officials check prized mushrooms from Canada at airport

Customs inspectors examine prized "matsutake" mushrooms from Canada at Kansai International Airport off Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Auctioned "matsutake" mushrooms fetch high price in western Japan

Grocery store owner Hidenori Kawai shows off "matsutake" mushrooms from Koya in Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 10, 2015, after making a winning bid of 65,000 yen ($542) for four pieces at the first auction of matsutake of the season in Hashimoto in the same prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest Chongryon chief's son, others over mushroom import

Police enter the home of Masamichi Kyo, the second son of the head of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, in Tokyo on May 12, 2015, on the grounds he illegally imported "matsutake" mushrooms from North Korea. Kyo, 50, and two other men were arrested the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bountiful harvest of 'matsutake' mushrooms in Nagano Pref.

NAGANO, Japan - Keio Seki, a restaurant manager in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, shows baskets of ''matsutake'' mushrooms, a popular fall flavor, on Oct. 19, 2010, in Ueda. (Kyodo)

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'Matsutake' mushrooms auctioned off for high price

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Hidenori Kawai, a food shop owner in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, shows "matsutake" mushrooms from Koya in the western Japan prefecture bought in his successful bid at a local market on Sept. 16, 2014. The highest winning bid was 60,000 yen per kilogram, which would fetch a retail price of around 10,000 apiece. (Kyodo)

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"Matsutake" mushrooms at Japanese restaurant

Masakazu Kameyama, owner of Japanese restaurant Ginza Wakuta, shows off "matsutake" mushrooms at his restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Matsutake" mushrooms at Japanese restaurant

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2018, shows "matsutake" mushrooms used at Japanese restaurant Ginza Wakuta in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsukiji market ends 83 years of business for relocation

An auction for "matsutake" mushrooms takes place at Tsukiji food market in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2018, its final day of operations ahead of relocation to the nearby Toyosu waterfront district, drawing the curtain on 83 years of history. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korea summit

Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2018, shows matsutake mushrooms, presented by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to South Korean President Moon Jae In during his three-day visit to Pyongyang. (Pyeongyang Press Corps)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo