• 2 years ago
Yunnan, China is home to one-third of the world’s wild mushroom species. We visited a town famous for welcoming hundreds of foragers every year, including those looking for prized porcinis used in fine dining. But one wrong step, and you may pick something that could kill you instead.

00:00 Chahe, Yunnan
01:00 Mushroom market
01:30 Variety of mushrooms
03:00 Prized exports
04:30 Why are they becoming rarer?
05:42 Possibly poisonous

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Producers: Clarissa Wei and Nicholas Ko
Script: Clarissa Wei
Videographer and editor: Nicholas Ko
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