Cultivation of edible fungi boosts local residents' income in SW China's Guizhou

A farmer picks wood ear mushrooms at an edible fungi planting base in Censong Township of Jianhe County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2019. Jianhe County authorities have been encouraging use of the idle lands in its forests for the cultivation of edible fungi. The policy succeeds in boosting local residents' income without hindrance to the growth of forest flora. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)