Ingredients:
A potato
A pack of Enoki mushroom
A handful of chopped onion

Condiments: Oil, salt, sugar, chicken powder, cooking wine, soy sauce, vinegar

Cooking steps:
1. Peel the potato, evenly cut into slices and then soak in water so as to remove the starch.
2. Cut off the root of Enoki mushroom, rinse mushroom off and tear into clumps.
3. In a frying pan, add oil, when hot, drop in chopped onion and stir till fragrant, then combine with shredded potato, Enoki mushrooms and stir for 3 minutes or so over high flame.
4. Season to taste with a dash of salt and sugar, sprinkle with a spoonful of soy sauce, vinegar and stir evenly. Serve.

1. Reasonably choose culivation time: Pholiota nameko falls under with low-temperature type mushroom, during the growth phase of mycelia, ideal temperature range is at 20-25 degrees Celsius, mycelia stop the growth at above 32 degrees Celsius. For normal cultivation time, it is suggested to steam and sterilize materials from February to March, spawn-running period goes on from April to May, then safe over-summer could be realized from June to July and the fruiting could be achieved from August to November.
2. Choose suitable fruiting place: Good fruiting place should reach the condition of good heat and moisture preservation and desirable ventilation. Besides, fruiting place should be 30 meters away from animal houses. What’s more, fruiting place should also be away from any pollution sources, sewage, and should be close to water sources as well as holding convenient drainage and traffic condition.
3. Choose superior ingredients: Regarding Pholiota nameko cultivation, main ingredients of substrate include bran, corncob flour, gypsum and lime. Growers could choose broad-leaved, hard wood and it is optimal to stack them up and ferment before the utilization. Compared with fresh sawdusts, the fermented saw dusts are quick on aspect of spawn running and high in output. Moreover, bran and corncob flour should be fresh, free from any mold, worms or insects. Last, but not the least, bran which has gone through high-temperature function in summer should never be chosen or used.

1. Nutrition: Pleurotus abalonus falls under with wood-rotting fungus and it holds poor ability on decomposing wood. A series of raw materials are listed such as cottonseed gull, corn, sawdust, straw, bran and corn powder. Sugar and calcium carbonate could be used as auxiliary materials. After reasonable preparation of compost, various nutriments could be met on the growth of Pleurotus abalonus.
2. Temperature: Pleurotus abalonus belongs to a kind of moderate and high temperature fungus, 20-32 degrees Celsius is preferred during the growth period, the optimal temperature is 25-28 degrees Celsius, the preferential temperature during the growth period of sporocarps is 25-30 degrees Celsius and the optimal status is 26-28 degrees Celsius. More importantly, sporocarps refuse to occur at above 35 degrees Celsius or below 20 degrees Celsius.
3. Humidity: For Pleurotus abalonus cultivation, the preferred water content on compost is at 60%-65%, the optimal relative air humidity of cultivation room is at 60%, and 90% in fruiting room.
4. Air : Growth of mycelia has no strict requirements for air. However, sufficient oxygen is needed during the differentiation and growth period of sporocarps. Besides, poor ventilation promotes sporocarps that are in small caps and long stipes.
5. Illumination: Illumination is not required during the growth period of mycelia while certain scattered light is needed during the growth period of sporocarps.

According to mushroom quotation provided by Shenyang Shengfa Fruits & Vegetables Market, on March 11, King oyster mushroom, Enoki mushroom, Oyster mushroom and Pholiota nameko are 4 varieties that show price fall.

1.Price of King oyster mushroom has dropped from 9.5 to 7.5 CNY per kg, indicating 21% of decline range.

2.Price of Enoki mushroom has dropped from 8 to 7.5 CNY per kg, indicating 6% of decline range.

3.Price of Oyster mushroom has dropped from 6 to 4 CNY per kg, indicating 33% of decline range.

4.Price of Pholiota nameko has dropped from 10 to 6 CNY per kg, indicating 40% of decline range.

“Price of Shiitake mushroom, Button mushroom and Agrocybe cylindracea is respectively at 10 CNY, 14 CNY and 10 CNY per kg in our market,” introduces manager of Shenyang Shengfa Fruits & Vegetables Market passionately.

According to mushroom quotation provided by Guangdong Haijixing Agricultural Products Market, on March 6, Superior Shiitake mushroom, Oyster mushroom, King oyster mushroom, Button mushroom, Enoki mushroom, Pleurotus geesteranus and Seafood mushroom are 7 varieties that show price fall.

1.Price of Superior Shiitake mushroom has dropped from 18 to 17 CNY per kg, indicating 5% of decline range.

2.Price of Oyster mushroom has dropped from 10 to 9 CNY per kg, indicating 10% of decline range.

3.Price of King oyster mushroom has dropped from 7 to 6.8 CNY per kg, indicating 2% of decline range.

4.Price of Button mushroom has dropped from 13 to 12 CNY per kg, indicating 7% of decline range.

5.Price of Enoki mushroom has dropped from 7 to 5.5 CNY per kg, indicating 21% of decline range.

6.Price of Pleurotus geesteranus has dropped from 16 to 14 CNY per kg, indicating 12% of decline range.

7.Price of Seafood mushroom has dropped from 11 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 9% of decline range.

“Price of Agrocybe cylindracea and Shiitake mushroom is respectively at 13 and 14 CNY per kg in our market,” introduces manager of Guangdong Haijixing Agricultural Products Market.

According to mushroom quotation provided by Shandong Huangshan Vegetable & Fruit Wholesale Market, on March 4, Shiitake mushroom, King oyster mushroom, Button mushroom, Enoki mushroom, Brown Shimeji mushroom, White beech mushroom and Seafood mushroom are 7 varieties that show price fall.

1.Price of Shiitake mushroom has dropped from 12 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 16% of decline range.

2.Price of King oyster mushroom has dropped from 8 to 7.5 CNY per kg, indicating 6% of decline range.

3.Price of Button mushroom has dropped from 10 to 8 CNY per kg, indicating 420% of decline range.

4.Price of Enoki mushroom has dropped from 7.5 to 4.5 CNY per kg, indicating 40% of decline range.

5.Price of Brown Shimeji mushroom has dropped from 20 to 15 CNY per kg, indicating 25% of decline range.

6.Price of White beech mushroom has dropped from 18.3 to 13.3 CNY per kg, indicating 27% of decline range.

7.Price of Seafood mushroom has dropped from 10 to 7 CNY per kg, indicating 30% of decline range.

“Price of Superior Shiitake mushroom and Oyster mushroom is respectively at 18 and 8 CNY per kg in our market,” introduces manager of Shandong Huangshan Vegetable & Fruit Wholesale Market.

picture: Natuurvleescoöperatie Westerkwartier

The province of Groningen has made a subsidy of 27,000 euros available for the new Natural Meat Cooperation Westerkwartier. In addition, 15,000 euros also goes to the cultivation of organic shiitake mushrooms.

The natural meat cooperative is part of the Westerkwartier Area Cooperation. In the natural meat cooperative, ten dairy farmers and five meat farmers are currently working together with the Forestry Commission and the Kroon Meat slaughterhouse in Groningen, says chairman Alex Datema. The farmers bring in bulls that would normally go to veal farming. Most are 50 percent Belgian Blue. They are geostated and slaughtered at the age of two years.

The animals walk either on the cattle farmers' own land or on a 25-hectare site of Forest Commission that the Cooperative uses. That area can still expand. "A lot of natural land is currently being laid out in the Westerkwartier, and in this way they continue to be used for agriculture," he explains.

100 in 2021
Two years ago, in the run-up to the official foundation, farmers already started keeping bulls. The first bulls have already been slaughtered and the quality was good, according to Datema. "We can probably slaughter 40 this year and around 100 next year," he expects.

For selling the meat, the cooperation is now also joining forces with Kroon Meat. The subsidy will be used to further expand the organization and to develop a market concept aimed at regional sales. Groningen farmers who are interested in taking part can register via the cooperations website.

Tree trunks
In addition, the province is investing in shiitake mushrooms as meat substitutes. The company Igro starts working in Tjuchem with the organic cultivation of shiitake. They are commonly grown on straw and sawdust, which has the disadvantage that too many residues are left in the mushroom, according to the province.
Igro wants to grow them on tree trunks from the Forest Commission. Grafting is done with the help of staff from social workplaces. If the method turns out to be effective, this cultivation can become an easily accessible additional form of income with a good yield for arable farmers whoi have some space on their land, according to the province.

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According to mushroom quotation provided by Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural products Wholesale Market, on March 2, Enoki mushroom, Button mushroom, Shiitake mushroom, Superior Shiitake mushroom, Pholiota nameko, Cordyceps militaris and Drumstick mushroom are 7 varieties that show price fall.

1.Price of Enoki mushroom has dropped from 9 to 6.25 CNY per kg, indicating 30% of decline range.

2.Price of Button mushroom has dropped from 18 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 44% of decline range.

3.Price of Shiitake mushroom has dropped from 10 to 6 CNY per kg, indicating 40% of decline range.

4.Price of Superior Shiitake mushroom has dropped from 20 to 14 CNY per kg, indicating 30% of decline range.

5.Price of Pholiota nameko has dropped from 15 to 12.5 CNY per kg, indicating 16% of decline range.

6.Price of Cordyceps militaris has dropped from 12 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 16% of decline range.

7.Price of Drumstick mushroom has dropped from 10 to 8 CNY per kg, indicating 20% of decline range.

“Price of King oyster mushroom is at 9 CNY per kg. Affected by COVID-19, price of mushroom keeps go down in our market,” introduces manager of Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural products Wholesale Market.