known locally as valley fever, is a fungus-caused illness that is endemic to parts of the state. It is caused by fungus that grows in the soil, and infections...

foodies. The shelves are packed with the unusual, from boil-in-the-bag sweet fungus soup through to Japanese green tea powder, and you might even see the fishmongers...

or "tree flower", a bitter tree fungus; or shùpí 树皮, literally "bark" but actually an even more bitter tree fungus. Another local specialty is roses...

Chinese Bopomofo and English keyboard. Lingzhi (靈芝). A type of bracket fungus that is often used as a Chinese herb. It supposedly has many health benefits...