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The probable effects of climate change, experts have warned, prompting fears about the future of the “Himalayan Viagra” harvest.This season’s crop has been particularly poor, say the villagers who rely on the rare, parasitic fungus to earn money to feed their families.

“We returned home as we could not even collect more than 10 pieces of yarchagumba in a month,” Nar Bahadur Bohara, who had been harvesting in the remote northwestern district of Darchula, told the Kathmandu Post. “Those who had collected 150 to 200 pieces last year could make it only 20 to 30 pieces.”Fellow forager Narendra Thekare said the area had seen no rain for two months while winter snowfall, which is needed for the fungus to thrive, had been minimal. “Production of yarchagumba has declined over the past five years. If this situation remains for some years, yarchagumba might vanish,” Thekare said.Neighbouring China has a huge appetite for the obscure fungus, pushing prices above $11,500 per pound and putting its value somewhere between silver and gold.Despite declining harvests, the export trade still brings essential cash into the impoverished local economy with Darchula district earning about $85,000 last year, according to officials. Thousands of foragers in the mountains are able to support their families for a year with a decent haul from the April to June season, but competition for yarchagumba can turn violent