Introduction to matsutake growing areas: Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve is China’s first nature reserve for precious edible fungi, and this precious resource is matsutake. Matsutake has high edible value and medical health value. It also has the functions of strengthening the body, repelling parasites, relieving pain, regulating qi and reducing phlegm, and has anti-cancer effects. The establishment of the reserve also systematically protects this endangered species.