Booming trade: Ismail picking the Volvariella mushrooms which he sells to restaurants and fellow villagers. The mushroom is used extensively in Asian cuisine. — Bernama
PADANG TERAP: Rubber smallholder Ismail Ibrahim began cultivating volvariella mushrooms two years ago and is now reaping its benefits.
He earns between RM3,000 and RM4,000 a month from his harvest, a far cry from the RM1,000 he used to make tapping rubber.
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