Which regions are the main producing areas of bamboo fungus (Phallus indusiatus)?

Bamboo fungus is mainly produced in Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Hainan and other places in China, among which Sanming and Nanping in Fujian, Zhaotong in Yunnan, Zhijin in Guizhou and Changning County in Sichuan are the most famous.

Bamboo fungus grows in moist bamboo forest soil in autumn; it is brightly coloured and has an indusium, and is divided into long-skirt bamboo fungus and short-skirt bamboo fungus.

Bamboo fungus is a cryptogamic fungus parasitic on the roots of dead bamboo, and its shape slightly resembles dried white snakeskin with a net-like pattern. It has a dark green cap, a snow-white cylindrical stipe, and a pink egg-shaped volva. At the top of the stipe there is a ring of delicate, pure white net-like skirt spreading downward from the cap, and it is known as the “Snow-skirt Fairy”, the “Flower of Mountain Delicacies”, the “Flower of Fungi” and the “Queen of Fungi”. Bamboo fungus is rich in nutrients, with a strong fragrance and a delicious taste, and has been listed since ancient times as one of the “Eight Delicacies of Herbs”.