Stomper makes 'precious' discovery at Pearl’s Hill City Rd

Stomper Lau Lap was strolling along Pearl’s Hill City Road yesterday morning (Sept 6) between 10am and 11am, when he came across a cluster of bracket mushroom growing below some ferns.

Amazed at their size and coloration, Lau Lap plucked the largest of the lot and took a photo.

Browsing photos of fungi online, Lau Lap realised that the fungi could be the expensive Lingzhi mushroom, a species of expensive fungi traditionally served as a tonic. 

He subsequently showed the photos to a staffer at a Chinese medicine shop and other nature lovers, who agreed that it could be Lingzhi.

Said Lau Lap:

“It’s my first time going to Pearl’s Hill City Park and seeing this sort of mushroom.”