Every year, from June to September, it is mushroom season in Yunnan province. This is when the fresh wild fungi finds an eager following all over the country but especially in the hotpot restaurants in the provincial capital Kunming. This is when timely visitors to Kunming will be treated to an all-natural feast.

The mushroom hotpot street in Kunming is along Guanxing Road, at Guanshang, near the old airport and Expo Center. The whole stretch is dotted with mushroom hotpot restaurants that serve only this specialty and are only open during this time of the year.

Some of the restaurants serve regular dishes at other times, but they, too, will be pushing the fresh mushrooms - all types, from the common porcini to the exclusive matsutake.