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Don't buy wild mushrooms at the market to cook yourself

Across Chuxiong, Jun–Sep

Every rainy season, Yunnan hospitals treat people who cooked wild mushrooms at home or ate them undercooked, and even locals get it wrong. Market stalls will happily sell you a bag, but unless an experienced local cook is preparing them, have a restaurant do it.

What locals sayPosts joke about mushroom hallucinations, but local advice is serious: eat them in restaurants and never undercooked.

In Chinese

野生菌 别自己做

Based on what locals and regular visitors share, checked against current sources · Updated September 2026. Details change — check opening times locally.