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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?
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Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
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Food and feed
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Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable
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Record: Submission #39
Ophiocordyceps sinensis
Himalayan (or Chinese) caterpillar fungus
Bhutan, Nepal, China
VU
Vulnerable
Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression
Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Yes, considered unsustainable
2018
2 years 3 months ago
Record: Submission #195
Tricholoma matsutake
Matsusake mushroom, [Literally 'pine mushroom' in Japanese]
China
VU
Vulnerable
Food and feed
Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Yes, considered sustainable
2008
2 years 2 months ago
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