2012-02-07T15:49:56Z http://blog.mushroaming.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2011-10-12:12120378 Raju 2011-10-13T05:53:50Z 2011-10-13T05:53:50Z <span> </span> <span> </span> <span> </span> <span> </span>Dear Daniel<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> Regards<br /> Raju tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2011-03-02:5450437 Sangay 2011-03-02T09:29:31Z 2011-03-02T09:29:31Z Hi Daniel,<br /> The caterpillar looks very transparent. The picture taken by Yeshey Dorji is yellow.<br /> I have a question here, i couldn't find the information on the change in generic name to Ophiocordyceps for sinensis. May i know when the change in generic name has been suggested.<br /> Cheers. tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2010-10-18:3783720 Harry Lecocq 2010-10-18T13:48:09Z 2010-10-18T13:48:09Z I can see that you are an expert in this field! I am launching a website soon, and this information is very useful for me. Thanks for all your help and wishing you all the success in your business. tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2010-07-30:3379344 Daniel Winkler 2010-07-31T06:26:05Z 2010-07-31T06:26:05Z Thanks for the appreciation Phuntsho Namgyel!<br /> <br /> Yeshi Dorji's picture of a larva is beautiful. I am not sure if it really is a ghost moth (<em>Thitarodes sp.)</em> larvae. Most larvae I have seen have been already taken over by <em>Ophiocordyceps sinensis</em>. And I have not seen a larva that had such a white body with a black "head' parasitized by <em>O.s</em>.. <br /> <br /> In Kongpo [Nyingchi / Linzhi Prefecture, SE Tibet AR, especially in Dungdor or Mainling (Menling), Nyingchi and Lang (Nang) Counties], there is a very white larva known as "bu karpo", Tibetan for "white worm" that gets infected by <em> </em> <em>Ophiocordyceps</em>. <br /> <br /> I just saw some fresh ones for sale last week (July 23) during the summer MushRoaming tour in a village near Draktsum Tso / Basong Tso. They were very whitish and also it seemed very late in the season, but I was told it was typical for "bu karpo".<br /> I plan to write more on it later.<br /> <br /> Here a picture of small larva of a "regular" yartsa gunbu I dug up in 2006 at Kongpo Barla.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="" width="504" height="350" style="border: 0px solid; margin-right: 30px; margin-left: 30px;" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/6/3/9/3/248966-239364/ThitarodeslarvadugBarla06DWS.jpg?a=21" /> <br /> </div> tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2010-07-30:3376906 Phuntsho Namgyel 2010-07-30T12:14:00Z 2010-07-30T12:14:00Z Dear Daniel, I had a field day seeing your <a href="http://www.danielwinkler.com/cordyceps_tour_2010.htm">Cordyceps pictures</a> and stories. <br /> They are very informative!<br /> I take this opportunity to inform you that one of our Bhutanese photographers managed to locate an uninfected caterpillar, and take a picture of it. You can see the picture at <a href="http://www.yesheydorji.blogspot.com/">http://www.yesheydorji.blogspot.com/</a>. Would love to hear your comments.<br /> Warmest regards, Phuntsho Namgyel tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2010-05-28:3154962 Annie Liu 2010-05-29T07:49:42Z 2010-05-29T07:49:42Z Very informative blog. I love it. tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2010-05-25:3137588 Daniel Winkler http://www.mushroaming.com 2010-05-25T15:48:56Z 2010-05-25T15:48:56Z Very sad story about the killings over bu territory in Manang. Men's Journal (May 2010) has an article about it. I wrote the author,&nbsp;Jamie James, who concluded Cordyceps is a curse, "Well, I don't think Yartsa gunbu is a curse, but definitely a challenge, but also a great opportunity. Making good money generates the "I want more" in us. It doesn't take Yartsa gunbu for most of us, but in Tibet and the Himalayas it is definitely an agent of change and a vector for unleashing the power of greed, which by the way fuels our whole western economy without Yartsa gunbu, so far.<br /> <br /> Reference: Jamie James 2010. Nepal's Aphrodisiac War. Men's Journal 137 (May) tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2010-05-25:3135868 Shiva Devkota http://shivadevkota.blogspot.com/ 2010-05-25T08:18:01Z 2010-05-25T08:18:01Z Dear Daniel, Thanks for posting interesting feature article about interesting caterpillar fungus. In Nepal also, the season is peaking and thousands of collectors have been already spreading in major highland pastures. Last year was really tragic year for Yarsagumba (Cordyceps sinensis) as here (Manang District) occurred brutal case and 7 collectors were killed....as it is big spore money.<br /> <br /> Thanks for highlighting something interesting from my blog <a href="http://shivadevkota.blogspot.com/">http://shivadevkota.blogspot.com/</a> ..to those who want to know something about caterpillar fungus and mushrooms in Nepal.<br /> <br /> Great Keep it up! tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2010-04-27:3051062 Daniel Winkler 2010-04-27T14:03:05Z 2010-04-27T14:03:05Z Dear Raju, thanks so much!<br /> Any idea how much Yartsa gunbu is collected in the rest of Nepal? <br /> I have not seen an estimate and looked for it a month ago<br /> Is it as much as in Dolpa or more? What do you think?<br /> <br /> thanks, Daniel tag:blog.mushroaming.com,2010-04-27:3050599 Raju Chhetri 2010-04-27T10:36:23Z 2010-04-27T10:36:23Z 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.