Dry Morels Mushroom Guchi India

wild guchi mushroom (Himachal Pradesh). Dry Morels (Rare mushroom with its exotic taste) is rich in protein and other nutrients. The guchi mushroom cannot be grown. It sprouts naturally in the wild. It is found in moist, shady forest floors, orchards, yards and meadows in the mid hills of the state. Guchi finders set out in late March with sling bags, looking for this wild mushroom. Some remain away for weeks and return with their bags full. The last of the wild guchi can be found at the end of May.The mushrooms are strung to threads and dried for a few days before being sold. Guchi is often bought by buyers directly from farmers and pickers in villages to sell at higher prices in markets across the state and other parts of the country.
Though this mushroom variety has been around for ages, the state government has no statistics on how much of it is found and sold every year, and at what value. Locals say if there are frequent thunderstorms, guchi sprouts from the ground aplenty. In Himachal, the mushroom is found in the hills of Shimla, Kinnaur, Kullu, Sirmaur and Chamba districts, among other places, and also in Jammu & Kashmir.

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