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Matsutake mushrooms, or mattake for short, are facing extinction in Japan’s Okinawa region due to an increase in nematodes, which will kill the pine trees these mushrooms grow under. The amount harvested has fallen sharply in recent years, only hiking up the price. Still, there are plenty of people willing to shell out $2,000 per kilogram (2.2lbs) for the highest-grade mushrooms.
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