A dealer sifts the soil for caterpillar fungi, also called winter worm summer herb, at a caterpillar fungus market in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 17, 2013. Caterpillar fungus, a parasitic fungus that sprouts from the corpses of ghost moth larva, can sell for about 10 US dollars for a 1-centimeter-diameter piece. In 2013, the yield of caterpillar fungi in Tibet increased by 50 percent year on year to 53,700.65 kilograms, according to the local Agriculture and Pastoral Office. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
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