On October 18, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. Assistant Professor Dr. Ruangchai Chuwattanasamran, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Production with the administration team and the Maejo Forest Mushroom Innovation Research and Development Center team welcomed Mr. Khomsan Suwanampa, Deputy Governor of Chiang Mai Province on the occasion of his visiting a project named “Forest Mushrooms to Return Home, Build a Forest, Generate Income and Decompose Dust” in 200-Year Rattanakosin Building, at the Faculty of Agricultural Production of Maejo University. This project was under the care of Maejo Forest Mushroom Innovation Research and Development Center that could cultivate “Pao mushrooms or puffballs” (Barometer Earthstars or Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan) successfully. The mushrooms had a good taste and had a pellet size larger than puffballs in general natural forest. The project was preparing for further development of the mushrooms and distributing them to farmers and communities to help them generate income, reduce burning, reduce smoke, promote forest preservation and conserve natural resources together.
