The annual rush to the hills by villagers keen to harvest a rare aphrodisiac fungus dubbed "Himalayan Viagra" has emptied rural schools in Nepal and forced them to shut, a local official said Tuesday.
Parents, students and even teachers have left home in pursuit of "yarchagumba", a high-altitude caterpillar fungus which is eagerly sought for its reputed sexual enhancement.
"In this district alone, about 8,000 students have left school for the expedition," Prakash Subedi, an official at Jajarkot district education office, told AFP.
"Without the students, there's no point running the school so we close them. Even the teachers go to collect it," Subedi said. Some schools might hold extra classes in the autumn so children's education does not suffer, he added.
Yarchagumba, which in Tibetan means "summer grass, winter worm," is produced when Cordyceps fungus spores attack a caterpillar larva underground, kill it and cause a mushroom to sprout out of its head. Full story...
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Parents, students and even teachers have left home in pursuit of "yarchagumba", a high-altitude caterpillar fungus which is eagerly sought for its reputed sexual enhancement.
"In this district alone, about 8,000 students have left school for the expedition," Prakash Subedi, an official at Jajarkot district education office, told AFP.
"Without the students, there's no point running the school so we close them. Even the teachers go to collect it," Subedi said. Some schools might hold extra classes in the autumn so children's education does not suffer, he added.
Yarchagumba, which in Tibetan means "summer grass, winter worm," is produced when Cordyceps fungus spores attack a caterpillar larva underground, kill it and cause a mushroom to sprout out of its head. Full story...
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