Mountain's fruit and fungus a local lifeline

Wild plants and edible fungus grown in the Greater Hinggan Mountains in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province provide locals with their livelihoods.

Thanks to the wild resources, farmers or forest workers earn at least 1,200 yuan ($195) per month, 334 yuan higher than the average income of residents in Heilongjiang province, bordering Russia to the north.

"The Greater Hinggan Mountains are home to wild blueberries in China," Heilongjiang Daily reported.