Yarsa yields dwindle due to overharvesting

A picker used to collect 25 to 30 pieces of yarsa until a few years ago but one has hardly found three to seven pieces this year.

Yarsagumba pickers in Darchula have started returning from the highlands where they had gone a few weeks ago to collect the precious fungus. According to the pickers, low yarsagumba yield and overcrowding in the highlands have led to a decrease in yarsagumba collection this season.