Kaiyang bamboo mushrooms enter harvest season

The 500-mu (33.33 hectares) of bamboo mushrooms under cultivation at Shuangyong forest farm in Kaiyang county -- in Guiyang, the capital city of Southwest China's Guizhou province -- have entered the harvest season and a bumper harvest is expected.

The bamboo mushroom in Kaiyang is a special mushroom strain from Guizhou province, which is fragrant, tastes good and has thick flesh. It also has a high edible value and medicinal value.

According to the person in charge of the Shuangyong forest farm, the output of bamboo mushrooms is estimated to reach 1,000 kilograms this year, which is expected to generate an output value of 18 million yuan ($2.53 million).

In recent years, Kaiyang county has restructured its industries to make full use of its forests and geographical advantages to develop forest-derived products such as edible mushrooms and plants for Chinese medicines.

Currently, Kaiyang has forests that cover around 1.5 million mu, with a forest coverage rate of 57.25 percent.

Moving forwards, the district plans to plant 2,000 mu of bamboo mushrooms in total by 2025.