松茸 (sōngróng) · matsutake

Measure Word

一朵松茸 duǒ

Meanings

1 matsutake
2 matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)

About the ingredient

菌类 Mushrooms

A wild mushroom, white at first and then browning, that grows in pine forests in autumn and has a strong, spicy smell. In China it grows mainly in the southwest and northeast; the scent fades once the cap opens.

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

云南香格里拉的松茸最有名。

Yúnnán Xiānggélǐlā de sōngróng zuì yǒumíng.

Matsutake from Shangri-La in Yunnan are the most famous.

HSK 5

新鲜松茸切片烤着吃最好。

Xīnxiān sōngróng qiēpiàn kǎo zhe chī zuìhǎo.

Fresh matsutake is best grilled in slices.

Tips

culture

One of the world's most expensive mushrooms - wild-foraged under specific pine trees, can't be cultivated. Most Chinese harvest comes from the Yunnan-Tibet borderlands and is air-freighted to Japan within hours. Featured in season 1 of 《舌尖上的中国》.