Rainy season brings mushroom harvest in Kunming

As the rainy season has come, all kinds of wild edible mushrooms came into markets in large quantities. One of the biggest grocery markets in Kunming, the Zhuanxin market had thriving mushroom business these days.

The mushrooms of collybia, matsutake, boletus and russula virescens gained popularity among consumers. Since the production is higher, the price of these delicacies has obviously fallen.

Yunnan is the kingdom of wild fungi thanks to its huge diversity of topography, climate and vegetation. The edible mushrooms in Yunnan account for more than half of edible fungi in the world and two-thirds of that in China.

The province produces and exports more matsutake and truffles than any of its Chinese peer, generating extra incomes for local people.

Reporting by Yang Zheng and Chen Fei (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Mo Yingyi