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and the United States of America. The total amount of the 

 product during 1907 reached over 1,855,700 kin, valued at over 

 1 ,3S^ y cn f which over 1,626,700 kin, valued at over 

 1 ,067,000 yen, was exported. This mushroom grows on kunugi 

 (Quercus scrrata Uinnb.), Ko-nara {Quercus glandulifera 

 Bl.), Soro {Carpinus yedocnsis Maxim.), and these trees grow 

 mostly in the districts of Hyuga and Bungo in Kyushu, and 

 the districts of Kii, Ise, and Suruga in Honshu. In these 

 districts, for the purpose of cultivating this mushroom, the age 

 of rotation of these trees is fixed at 18-25 years, and it is 

 worked by the coppice system. The profit is very large. The 

 Shiitake grows twice a year, in the spring and the autumn. 

 This mushroom like others grows naturally but in recent years 

 people have begun to plant the spore, and artificial growing of 

 the mushroom is now being carried on a large scale The 

 mushroom is grown and prepared in different manners. Some 

 for export purpose and others for demand at home. The 

 special kind call "donko" is highly prized in the Chinese 

 market. Indeed Shiitake is prised in all places. 



Matsutake : This mushroom springs up in the forest 

 of Finns densiflora growm in the granite soil of the tertiary 

 formation. The place best suited for the purpose is the 

 shallow soil where weeds do not grow much. In such places 

 it naturally grows in abundance. The output of the mushroom 

 during the year 1907 was over 3,079,700, kin, valued at 503,- 

 600 yen. This mushroom has the highest flavour of all kinds, 

 and people of all classes have it at . dinner. The quality, 

 however, is very fragile and is impossible to keep it dried 

 for a long time, without losing its flavour as Shiitake. There- 



