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Canada Mushrooms

It's hunting season in Canada's British Columbia, but instead of tracking down wild game, hundreds of pickers are on the trail of the precious Matsutake or "pine mushroom," that's in season now. Kelly McEvers reports on the Japanese delicacy that used to cost $300 per pound.

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