The best-quality hsiang ku can fetch a price of NT $ 1,000 (US $ 28) a kilogram, and NT $ 600 (US $ 17) is usually the minimum cost for even low-quality products.
但是菇農在採收後通常不願立即出售，要擺到年關近了，價錢提高，才肯脫手。一般的香信，一公斤可以賣到新台幣六百元左右；上好的冬菇，價格就要高過一千元了。