Summary:
Dishes prepared with mushroom are high in demand as well.But the district administration is yet to protect the interest of mushroom collectors who have of late found great popularity with passing tourists too. "We visit Keonjhar district in the rainy season to buy mushrooms. But cycles of exploitation by middlemen has always kept them out of the profit scheme.Markets by the side of the national highway are witness to the rising and forever strong demands of Bali Chhatu, Bihuduni Chhatu, Rutuka Chhatu and Kuta Chhatu - popular varieties all. KEONJHAR: In tribal-dominated Keonjhar district , a little in marketing mushrooms can go a long way.Every year, during the rainy season, forest-dwellers set about collecting mushrooms from the forest and hills of Banspal, Telkoi, Sadar, Ghatagaon, Joda, Champua and Harichandanpur blocks. They then go about selling them in various urban and rural markets..