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Matsutake, Pine Mushroom
Matsutake is an ectomycorrhizal Tricholoma prized in Japan for its spicy, cinnamon-like aroma. It fruits hidden in litter under pines, especially Pinus densiflora in Japan and Korea. Attempts to cultivate it have so far been unsuccessful.
A prized edible, central to Japanese autumn cuisine. It resembles at least one poisonous species, including the small brown-spored Inocybe pyriodora, so check the white spore print, firm flesh and spicy odor.
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