Former photographer documents mushroom species in Mie Prefecture

Tokuzo Matsunaga, a 92-year-old former Yomiuri Shimbun news photographer, recently filmed the internal structure of Onifusube mushrooms found in his field in Nabari, Mie Prefecture. After discovering three mushrooms approximately 20 centimeters in diameter, Matsunaga used a knife to examine their texture, describing the interior as having a consistency similar to cotton tofu, with a white exterior and pale yellow interior.

Matsunaga, who returned to Nabari at age 70, focuses his photography on documenting how living creatures exist within their natural ecosystems rather than studio-style aesthetics. He noted that due to extreme heat, there have been fewer birds and butterflies in his fields compared to previous years, suggesting changes in the local environment.