1.5-meter diameter mushroom found in SW China

KUNMING - A 0.7-meter tall mushroom with a diameter of 1.5 meters and perimeter of 4.1 meters was found by a villager in Jianshui county in Southwest China's Yunnan province.

Wang Fengying said she found the fungus under a cluster of wild roses on Friday morning when she went up a mountain to look for wild mushrooms.

"It is moisture-rich and looks milky white on the front," Wang said, adding that it takes three people with outstretched arms to form a circle around the mushroom.

From afar, the fungus looked like a small hill. Local villagers have fenced it with a shade net and opened an umbrella for it.

"Judging from pictures, I think the mushroom is a Tricholoma," said Hua Rong, an expert at the Kunming Institute of Edible Fungi.

Tricholoma is a kind of large fungus which is found mainly in tropical areas. Edible and nutritious, it tastes slightly sweet and delicious, Hua added.