Along with the short supply of saw dusts, many regions of China have begun to cultivate Shiitakes with apple branches. China holds abundant resource of fruit forest, every year, a large amount of branches are discarded, it is thus apparent that this kind of mushroom cultivation mode is rather commendable.

Huangtu Village, Shanxi Province of China is a typical case, through Shiitake cultivation conducted on apple branches, annual incomes per capita come to 50,000 CNY.