Disclosed is a method of preparing Tricholoma matsutake-infected young
pine trees by coculturing aseptic seedlings of a pine tree with a T.
matsutake isolate, comprising the steps of liquid-culturing fruit bodies
of naturally occurring matsutake mushrooms in PDB (Potatto Dextrose
Broth, Difco) and inoculating T. matsutake KBFERI 20T05 isolated from the
cultured fruit bodies; placing mixed soil of perlite and sphagnum
peatmoss and K-liquid medium onto the inoculated fungus; and planting
aseptic seedlings obtained by aseptically germinating pine seeds into the
mixed soil, and then culturing the pine seedlings with the T. matsutake
isolate to allow ectomycorrhiza formation on the fine roots of the pine
seedlings. The method of the present invention is advantageous in terms
of giving objectivity for the fungal inoculum by employing as an inoculum
a fungus having DNA homology with the conventionally known T. matsutake,
and of making it possible to mass produce T. matsutake-infected pine
trees throughout the Year.