A worker picks mushrooms at Wenjiang Vegetable Planting Specialized Cooperation, Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang City on March 11.

Corn and rice straw were used to cultivate mushrooms under the guidance of professional and technical personnel in the winter of 2018. Now, it is time to harvest these mushrooms.

According to reports, the yield of these mushrooms per mu (about 666.66 square meters) is about 3,500 kilograms. The gross income per mu can reach RMB 35,000 given the price of RMB 10 per kilogram.