Beijing: A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a collection of mushrooms out of China before the Second World War was honoured on Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.
At a ceremony at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cornell University President David Skorton handed over the collection that had been gathered by Shu Chun Teng.
Prized mushroom collection returns to China
The collection was returned more than 70 years later