A woman displays the fungus for sale at a market. The fungus sprouts from the caterpillar’s head. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News via Getty Images While many traditional Chinese/herbal medicine ...

Yarsagumba, the world's most expensive fungus, was displayed in Karnataka priced at ₹15 lakh per kg. Known as "Himalayan ...

The lucrative annual trek to harvest a caterpillar fungus nicknamed "Himalayan Viagra" that can fetch three times the price of gold in China will be banned amid Nepal's coronavirus lockdown, officials ...

The harvest of Yarsagumba (Himalayan gold) is a critical annual trek for Nepali communities, providing the main source of cash income from a rare fungus highly valued in traditional medicine. Despite ...

Tshering* has collected yartsa gunbu, one of the world’s most valuable biological commodities, from the mountains surrounding his home for more than 40 years. He lives in the remote region of Dolpa, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman displays the fungus for sale at a market. The fungus sprouts from the caterpillar’s head. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News ...

In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is prized for its purported medicinal effects. Known as ...