Turkey: Mushroom that grows for 14 days in nature, the price is burning

Customers are lining up for the mushroom that grows at the bottom of the Yeliz plant in Şırnak's Uludere district. Locals know the mushrooms that grow on the bottom of Yeliz as Yeliz mushrooms. Yeliz mushroom grows only 14 days of the year at the beginning of the spring season in the region, it grows later in the higher parts than in the low regions. The Yeliz mushroom, which is preferred by the local people instead of red meat, is sold between 50 and 80 liras per kilogram. Citizens who go to collect Yeliz mushrooms obtain 7 to 8 kilograms of mushrooms daily. Yeliz mushroom, which grows only 14 days of 365 days, is purchased by the buyer on order from the collector without taking its place in the market. Buyer Murat Bayram in Uzungeçit town said, "These mushrooms grow on the bottom of the windmills, we call it 'qorgo nev helızo' in Kurdish, meaning the ...