FUNGUS COLLECTING.
The “Napier Telegraph” remark: The settlers of the Seventy-mile Bush have the means at their hands of developing an industry that, once established, would very materially incrcai* their incomes. We allude to the Jew’s ear fungus (Hirneola polytricha, Mont.), that is to be found in abundance on decaying timber, and is worth from 3d to 3Jd par lb. It is bought for the Chinese market. All that is required to be done is to gather the fungus, dry it in the sun, and bag it up for carriage. Within the last eight years the trade has increased from fifty-seven tons to eighty-three tons per annum. The fungus in appearance is thin, having an ear-shape, and is about the size of the palm of a man’s hand ; when dried it is blue black in color, and curled at tho edges. Mr J. A. Smith, of this town, intends to procure a boxful of the fungus and send it to the Melbourne Exhibition. The Norsewood and Danevirk settlers are admirably situated for making fungus gathering their special industry.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1849, 26 January 1880, Page 3
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