Matsutake is an extremely precious fungus. As ordinary people, we may have never seen it. Many people know that there is such a fungus from China on the Tip of the Tongue. , so why are the prices of matsutake mushrooms not as cheap as shiitake mushrooms and other mushrooms? Because the growth environment of matsutake determines its rarity, coupled with the cost of picking and transportation, the price is very expensive. This is a luxury product for the rich, and we, as ordinary people, are not blessed to enjoy it. One: Rare species are relatively rare.

In our ordinary plains and mountainous areas, you can’t see fungi like matsutake at all. Anyone who has watched the documentary knows that matsutake grows in high mountain jungles. In our country, that is It can only be found in jungles with an altitude of 3,500 meters in Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, etc. It can be said that it grows in inaccessible places. Because it is relatively rare, it also determines its expensiveness. Two: The picking cost is high and the nutritional value is high.

The matsutake mushrooms that exist today are all picked manually, and the picking process is not easy, because it is difficult to find matsutake mushrooms, and you may only find a few in a day. In addition, matsutake has a delicious taste and extremely high nutritional value, so the price of matsutake can reach several hundred yuan per catty, and it is very possible for the best matsutake to even cost a thousand per catty. Even though there are very few matsutake mushrooms on the market, the demand for them is still in short supply. Three: Ordinary people can’t afford it.

In fact, everyone has also discovered that matsutake mushrooms are rarely bought in the market. They are not like ordinary fungi that can enter thousands of households. That is because when the matsutake mushrooms are picked, It will be delivered directly to high-end restaurants or customers. Even if you have money, sometimes you may not be able to afford it, because you can't buy it at all, so ordinary people can't afford it even more.

As a very precious fungus, matsutake mushrooms cannot be cultivated artificially now. They are all picked naturally and are called the king of fungi. This shows how rare they are.