date:Nov 10, 2016
Matsutake mushrooms are also called pine mushrooms in Turkey because they were mostly found in pine forests. The mushroom grows naturally at the foot of the Cedars, about 1000 meters above sea level in a region in Kahramanmara? in southeastern Turkey. The mushrooms are picked by villagers in the evening and put in special boxes to be exported to Japan by air the next day so they do not lose their taste and aroma. The entire harvest is exported to Japan.
According to Mr. Zafer Duru, exporter of