Turning a "nuisance" into a "cradle" for squids: Using Kosantake mushrooms as a spawning site

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Turning a "nuisance" into a "cradle" for squids: Using Kosantake mushrooms as a spawning site

An initiative to use the Kosantake mushroom (Hoteichiku), which is considered a "nuisance" due to its strong reproductive ability, as a squid spawning site has begun in Akune City, Kagoshima Prefecture. In May 2024, the city and the Kitasatsuma Fisheries Association (Akune City) will sink an Ikashiba (squid spawning bed) made of Kosantake mushrooms near the breakwater off the coast of Akune New Port in Harumi Town, Akune City, and the bigfin ree…