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Synopsis Commercial harvesting is an important business in countries such as Zimbabwe, Turkey, Poland, the United State of America, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Bhutan and India as well. The export trade is driven by a strong and expending demand from Europe and Japan and is predominantly from poor to rich countries. This is good for local businesses and collectors, providing important cast income that pays for children to go to school and helps to reduce poverty in areas where the options for earning money are limited. Local markets around the world reveal a widespread though smaller individual trade in an extensive range of species. Though difficult to measure compared with the more visible export to wild edible fungi, local trade is of considerable value to collectors and increases the supply of food to many areas week food security.