International Cordyceps Conference Xining June 8-10, 2010

June 8-10, 2010 an international conference on Cordyceps sinensis (冬虫夏草, Yartsa Gunbu, Caterpillar fungus) jointly organized by WWF and the Grassland Center of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture will be held in Xining, Qinghai Province PRC.

There is an English language webpage on SourceJuice announcing the conference.

For the Chinese webpage click here:
                                      年冬虫夏草国际会议   中国 • 青海 • 西宁   2010年6月8～10日


Also I will be spending two weeks before the conference on the high altitude grasslands of the Eastern Tibetan plateau as part of this year's MushRoaming Cordyceps tour. We will start on May 26 in Chengdu, Sichuan and travel overland to Xining arriving there on June 7 to disband on the June 8. During the tour we will visit Cordyceps markets, join local collectors in their hunt, fit in a day or two of morel hunting and enjoy everything else Tibet has to offer in regard of culture and nature.

Yartsa Gunbu collectors I joined taking a break. Gye La April 2004. (c) Daniel Winkler

Posted by Daniel Winkler at March 21, 2010 9:15 AM
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  • April 27, 2010 2:36 AM Raju Chhetri wrote:
    Nice see your initiative and lovely photograph. I am also involving on a research on sustainable management of Yarsagumba in Nepal. I am working as District Forest Office Dolpa Nepal. Dolpa is very fertile district for Yarsagumba production. Local people collect more than 1500 kg every year.
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    1. April 27, 2010 6:03 AM Daniel Winkler wrote:
      Dear Raju, thanks so much!
      Any idea how much Yartsa gunbu is collected in the rest of Nepal?
      I have not seen an estimate and looked for it a month ago
      Is it as much as in Dolpa or more? What do you think?

      thanks, Daniel
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  • May 28, 2010 11:49 PM Annie Liu wrote:
    Very informative blog. I love it.
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  • October 12, 2011 9:53 PM Raju wrote:
    Dear Daniel

    Estimated Yarsagumba production amount of Nepal in 2011 was above 5000 kg. Dolpa district has about 57 percent contribution. Out of 75 districts, 25 districts have Yarsagumba production potential, so far 10 districts have recorded commercial trade of Yarsagumba.

    Regards
    Raju
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