Land reforms help farm profits mushroom

August is the beginning of harvest season for Sun Guoquan, a farmer in Lianglong township, Yuyao county, Zhejiang province.

On Tuesday, he started to collect the spore powder of lingzhi mushrooms that were planted in his Dongli Farm greenhouse in April. Sun estimates that his 0.27 hectare of mushrooms will produce 150 to 200 kilograms of spore powder annually and return 6,000 yuan ($870) per kg.

The red, kidney-shaped mushroom is highly prized for its health benefits.