Snowfall affects collection of yarsagumba in Manang Collection of yarsagumba or Cordyceps sinensis is affected after Manang district witnessed snowfall. Nepal 27 May, 2022
Yarsagumba collection to start in Dolpa from May 25 Collection of Yarsagumba (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) or the caterpillar fungus in Dolpa district will be open for the public from coming May 25. Nepal 22 May, 2022
Locals allowed to pick yarsa Officials have permitted locals of Manang district to collect yarsagumba (Cordyceps synensis) amid the COVID-19 scare. Nepal 27 Apr, 2021
Bajhang residents begin cultivation amidst ban on Yarsagumba collection BAJHANG: Residents of Surma Rural Municipality in Bajhang district have begun cultivating land to grow vegetables and cereals after a ban -- owing to nationwide lockdown enforced to contain coronavirus -- was imposed on collection of... Travel 15 May, 2020
Schools closed for Yarsagumba collection in Bajhang DHANGADHI: Schools in the upper region of Bajhang district are closed as students, parents, and teachers have headed to the mountains for the annual collection of Yarsagumba (Cordyceps sinesis). Most schools in Saipal and Surma Rural... Travel 13 May, 2019
Yarsagumba lifts living standard of rural Nepalis Kathmandu, January 7 A family can easily earn as much as Rs 600,000 during yarsagumba harvesting season from mid-May to mid-July, making the unique Himalayan fungus a major agent of change in living standard of the country’s rural people, a report... 08 Jan, 2016
Yarsagumba collection declines this year in Myagdi MYAGDI: Yarsagumba collection has decreased in Myagdi district this year. The district had exported a total of 23 kg of the prized herb, also called Himalayan Viagra, last season. But so far only seven kg has been collected, according to the... Travel 27 Jun, 2015
Temblor affects yarsagumba collection this season LAMJUNG: The devastating earthquake of April 25 and subsequent aftershocks have affected the collection of yarsagumba, a medicinal herb. Yarsa collectors are said to have decreased by 50 per cent in comparison to past years in Manang. Among 13 VDCs of... Travel 10 Jun, 2015
Harsh weather greets herb hunters SANKHUWASABHA: Hundreds of yarsagumba collectors in the Makalu National Park and other community forests in the district have been taking shelter in local houses due to heavy snowfall in the upper reaches of the district. According to Rajdhan Rai, a... Travel 21 Jun, 2009
