Mushroom queen to hit the market

This fancy Chinese restaurant in the ritzy Ginza district of Tokyo serves a very fancy dish.
Ten types of mushrooms boil in the Chinese hot pot - including the bamboo fungus, an expensive delicacy that’s popular in China.
Gozenbo, Youka Jo / The bamboo fungus is called “the queen of mushrooms”. It’s a very rare kind.
The species is considered to be as rare as shark fin.
Cultivating them in Japan in not easy, so the available ones are mostly dried ones from China.
A mushroom manufacturer in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, might spice things up. They succeeded cultivating these fungi.
The luxurious mushrooms are being grown in this greenhouse.
No wonder they're also called the veiled lady. A delicate lacy "skirt" hangs from beneath the cap.
They start off looking like an egg.
But the harvester says it takes only a day for the mushroom to grow this big.
This video shows the veil growing out in ten minutes.
Bamboo fungus grows among bamboo forests, and is usually very sensitive and weak.
The manufacturer says it was difficult to grow them in Japan.
Kentaro Hosaka, National Museum of Nature and Science / I think this is the first success in mass-cultivation of bamboo fungus. Differences between Japan and China - including climate differences - probably made it difficult to cultivate them.
Haruka International spent nearly 10 years on research until they accomplished the nation’s first artificial cultivation of bamboo fungus.
Shinkichi Kikuchi, Haruka International / Bacteria and viruses are pathogenic to mushrooms, so we needed to make a strong fungus. I think that was the key to success.
Selecting strong fungi and growing them enabled mass cultivation of the mushrooms.
Customers throughout the nation will be able to get a rich mushroom experience, once the delicacy starts being distributed next July.

[@askjudi1411]

I have these in my yard in Costa Rica! Just found out how special they are ❤️

[@hvsap]

I've seen this species growing wild several times in New York. I associate it with July weather here.

[@ivychua4091]

Luxurious 😊😊been eating them regularly since childhood 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@gemmasuzara1]

This grows is a friend’s vegetable garden, can I gather them to transplant in mine?

[@lopamudrachakraborty5663]

This one has grown in my garden

[@mohammadanwarhossain8990]

My dream mushroom, I want to cultivate this.

[@AgapeMinistries54]

Jesus is king he made them!

[@GSOFFICIAL3384]

how much price now.?

[@gerliehermoso2109]

There are 4 stems of mushroom grew in the garden in our boarding house here in Tokyo, I took picture & videos.its my first time to see this species.

[@anethscb8505]

I've seen one in my backyard today so I took picture for souvenir.. it's my first time to see this kind of mushroom .

[@lilthsson3904]

Can I buy some from you?

[@hokitozhimo8051]

It's even found in our state Nagaland. Available during may & June

[@maecelianaflores5126]

Mayroon ako isa sa bahay namin..nakapagtataka..ngayon lang ako nakakita ng ganyan since

[@WBB219]

I just found 1 these morning.

[@zzyzxPL]

Ha! They bought Morels. Too funny.

[@shivakeerthnishanth6669]

There is one in my garden

[@JosephWilson-xl8fs]

I have seen this one grow out of frog poop once

[@Lt_Braen]

And this is how covid 19 was born its called "Chinese delicacy"

[@electro_yellow9295]

It's a mushroom

[@gvnady8380]

Like dude said, its a mushroom not bats lmao

[@ranibrtorus9941]

So we can eat this kind of mushroom? Isn't it poison mushroom? I am just curious, anyway,,,

[@rcrichard8969]

well it seems like chinese have more freedom on food choices. people who think chicken and cows are all you can eat wouldn't be called "narrow mind" ?

[@shivakeerthnishanth6669]

I found this at my garden

[@joergeabanador2423]

...we have that kind of mushroom here in philippines but we ignore it...we tough that it is poisonous but wow now i know its edible...

[@gunsho1435]

Master cooking boy brought me here

[@hengwaletep4957]

I found this in my backyard and i thought that this is poisonous so i crushed them with my legs 😂 and here they are explaining how special it is....sadddd 💔

[@claraabrajano8693]

I have it in my small farm..

[@lil_kiki99]

May I ask which country you live? I would love to grow them by myself. Do you have any tips? And where did you get this little cutie? Thank you🙏🏻

[@sudipsahana4488]

This is one is grown in my garden india

[@kenfun5583]

in Indonesia we do not eat this much in our netting mushrooms say

[@zzyzxPL]

There’s one in my pants

[@GSOFFICIAL3384]

🤙🤙🤙🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵