Endangered Species Special product Matsutake production increased To maintain forests in town Nagano Tatsuno Town July 31 5:55
In order to create an environment in which more matsutake mushrooms designated as endangered species can grow on their own, the town's staff, etc., maintained a town-owned forest in Tatsuno Town, one of the leading production areas in Nagano Prefecture.
Matsutake mushrooms from Tatsuno Town are sold at high prices in the Kanto region due to their strong scent and good quality, and they are also used as special products in the town as a gift for hometown tax payments.
The town has been maintaining forests for four years to prepare an environment where more of its special matsutake grow, and on the 30th, about 20 people, including new employees of the town and students of the Faculty of Agriculture of the university, are in the mountains. It has entered.
Matsutake mushrooms grow well on the sunny southern slopes, and when mulberry leaves are thick, it is difficult to grow.Therefore, staff and others use iron rakes dedicated to Matsutake mushrooms to leave leaves and tree branches accumulated on the ground. Had been removed.
Matsutake mushrooms have been designated as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, but I am aiming for more matsutake mushrooms to grow in the future by promoting the development of multiple town forests.
“We are proud that Tatsuno-cho is one of the leading producers of matsutake mushrooms in the prefecture. Although it became an endangered species, the government also promoted efforts to increase the amount of matsutake mushrooms. I want to increase it."