เห็ดโคน
The place
เห็ดโคน (Het khon, "Termite mushroom") in Kanchanaburi province, Sai Yok/Erawan area (western Thailand, near the Burmese border), at 334 m elevation, foothills of the Tenasserim range. Continuous western Thailand cluster (batches 336-364, 3 listings). "Het khon" = Termitomyces mushroom, a symbiont of Isoptera Macrotermes termites, cultivated within 1 m diameter termite mounds, a seasonal luxury forest delicacy in Thai cuisine harvested in May-June, located amid dry dipterocarp forest and near the iconic 7-tiered turquoise limestone Erawan Falls + the Death Railway, built 1942-43 by the Japanese, 61,000 Allied POWs plus 200,000 romusha laborers, 100,000 deaths, the 415 km Thailand-Burma railway + Karen refugees, 200,000, with 40,000 at Mae La camp + heritage of the Mon people (a pre-Columbian Austroasiatic people, founders of the historic Dvaravati civilization, 6th-11th centuries).
The setting
Kanchanaburi, Sai Yok/Erawan, western Thailand near the Burmese border, 334 m, Tenasserim foothills, continuous cluster batches 336-364, 3 listings, het khon, Termitomyces mushroom, symbiont of Isoptera Macrotermes termites, 1 m termite mounds, seasonal Thai delicacy harvested May-June, dry dipterocarp forest + Erawan Falls, 7 tiers, turquoise limestone + Death Railway 1942-43, 61,000 Allied POWs plus 200,000 romusha, 100,000 deaths, 415 km + Karen refugees, 200,000, 40,000 at Mae La + Mon, Austroasiatic, Dvaravati, 6th-11th centuries.
