Quy Chau 'enters' green lim mushroom picking season

(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, people in Quy Chau district, Nghe An province are entering the green lim mushroom harvest season; the purchase price from traders in villages and hamlets ranges from 1 - 1.5 million VND/kg.

According to Ms. Kim Thi Hong Nhung, a medicinal herb trader in Quy Chau district, “Green lim mushrooms only grow in old-growth forests and primeval forests. The season for green lim mushrooms is from July to November. Currently, green lim mushrooms cost between 1 and 1.5 million VND/kg, depending on the type.”

After traders purchase and collect goods from the villages, they usually retail or import to wholesalers across the country.

Ms. Kim Thi Hong Nhung, a medicinal herb trader in Quy Chau district, is cleaning and classifying mushrooms. Photo: Be Vinh

Green lim mushrooms in Quy Chau district are only found in the primeval forests of Chau Nga commune, Chau Thuan commune bordering Thanh Hoa province, and forests belonging to Pu Huong Nature Reserve in Chau Hoan and Dien Lam communes. These are forests that often have dead green lim trees that, when exposed to favorable conditions, will grow mushrooms.

Although green lim mushrooms are quite expensive, finding them is also difficult because the forest is very far from the villages and hamlets. Those who find mushrooms often have to travel for several days before returning. Because the mushrooms grow on lim tree roots that have been harvested for wood, only those who regularly go into the forest can determine where the mushrooms can grow.

The number of mushrooms growing on each lim tree is also very small. Therefore, Ms. Kim Thi Hong Nhung said: "I can only collect 5-7kg per week, so many customers who want to import in large quantities still cannot meet the demand."

Green lim mushroom is considered a precious herb that can cure many diseases. Photo: Be Vinh

Green lim mushrooms from the mountainous district of Quy Chau are popular with consumers. According to traditional medicine documents, green lim mushrooms have a cool taste and cold properties, and are very effective in nourishing the body and treating many different diseases: cirrhosis, liver cancer. In addition, regularly drinking water boiled with green lim mushrooms can also treat and balance high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.

Baby Vinh