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Matsutake Mushrooms. Price: About $55 per pound. ... (White Truffles) Price: About $4,320 and up per pound. ... in the Caspian and Black Seas — typically ranges from $20 to $50 and up per ounce ...
Truffles were once sold at weekly markets (bi-weekly in the case of a market in Martel, Lot) and in quantities of two to six tonnes in good weeks, but only Lalbenque and Limogne today have weekly truffle markets. [63] Prices have increased so that truffles, once seen as a food of the middle class, have become a luxury. [63]
Chillum in Tampa, Florida, is selling "magic" mushroom products made from a strain that is not illegal in all but one state.
The record price paid for a single white truffle was set in December 2007, when Macau casino owner Stanley Ho paid $330,000 (£165,000) for a specimen weighing 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz). One of the largest truffles found in decades, it was unearthed near Pisa , Italy , and sold at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, Hong Kong , and Florence . [ 20 ]
Magic truffles are the sclerotia of psilocybin mushrooms that are not technically the same as "mushrooms". They are masses of mycelium that contain the fruiting body which contains the hallucinogenic chemicals psilocybin and psilocin. In October 2007, the prohibition of hallucinogenic or "magic mushrooms" was announced by the Dutch authorities.
Minnesota was the first to declare a species; Morchella esculenta was chosen as its state mushroom in 1984, and codified into Statute in 2010. [1] Five other states, Colorado, Missouri, Washington, Massachusetts, and New York [2] [3] [4] have had state mushrooms proposed.
With a price of about 1,000 to 2,000 euros per kilogram, black truffles are the second-most expensive truffles after white truffles and one of the most sought-after edible mushrooms in the world. [6] In cooking, black truffles are used to refine the taste of meat, fish, soups, cheeses, and risotto.
Pennsylvania is the top-producing mushroom state in the United States, and celebrates September as "Mushroom Month". [28] The borough of Kennett Square is a historical and present leader in mushroom production. It currently leads production of Agaricus-type mushrooms, [29] followed by California, Florida and Michigan. [30]