Dehradun, May 17 -- These days, his phone doesn't stop ringing. Scientists and businessmen from across India-and even overseas-are calling him, ever since he achieved what many think is a remarkable feat: successfully cultivating Gucchi mushrooms commercially in his small, migration-affected village of Faldakot in Pauri Garhwal district. Locally known as Guchhi, morel mushrooms are among the rarest and most expensive edible fungi in the world - typically foraged from Himalayan regions of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand in India. Renowned for their honeycomb-like texture, earthy aroma, and intensely rich flavour, morels are a favourite among top chefs and culinary enthusiasts. Their natural scarcity and labour-intensive foraging process significantly elevate their value, with dried varieties commanding prices between Rs.30,000-Rs.40,000 per kilogram, depending on quality and grade. Naveen Patwal (46), a BTech graduate in computer science, has been working in the field of mushroom cultivation since 2007. After completing his engineering degree in 2003, he established a mushroom farm in Roorkee, Haridwar in 2007 with a bank loan of Rs.1.35 crore to grow button mushrooms. In 2012, he married Poonam Sharma, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus and an engineer, who left her job at SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India) a year later to join him. The couple expanded their farm's production capacity from around one tonne to three tonnes by 2016. "We realised we couldn't depend solely on button mushrooms. So, we diversified and began cultivating exotic varieties like Shiitake, King Oyster, and Cordyceps and launched our own brand 'Planet Mushroom'," he said....