Over the years, Jianhe County, Guizhou Province of China positively strives to expand the scale of mushroom industry. This year, scale of mushroom production reaches 50 million sticks, output value hits 250 million CNY in Jianhe County. By 2020, they are expected to get 230 million sticks and 1 billion CNY in respective.

Up to now, 700 million CNY of investment has been input on the formation of whole industrial chain (R&D, production, cultivation, processing and marketing) within Jianhe County, mushroom industry covers 11 villages and Towns, annual mushroom output comes to 18,200 tons in the county.

By 2020, the planned scale of mushroom cultivation is going to reach 500 mu in Jianhe County, varieties include Seafood mushroom, King oyster mushroom, Big Clitocybe, Pleurotus geesteranus and Black fungus.

Canned Mushroom Capital of the world – Canned Food capital of China – Chinese Mushroom Capital – Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
November 16-19, 2019

The 13th Chinese Mushroom Days were held in the Wanda Realm hotel en was kicked-off on November the 15th and 16th by a Workshop organized by Lambert Spawn. Senior specialists of button mushroom cultivation in Europe and United States gave a presentation.

Jeroen van Lier – Total Mushroom Service; Presentation on compositing, micro organism, watering schedule, casing soil, mycelium, temperature

Eric Vernooij – ChampFood; Presentation on Phase 2 and 3 process and basic’s on tunnels maintenance

Brigitte Hendrix – Harvesting Consultant; Presentation on picking and quality

Jan Gielen – Specialist Climate and Energy Delphy Mushrooms; Presentation on evaporation, quality, air distribution, Mollie diagram

John Collier – Presentation Coldchain and Mushroom quality, Vitamin D

Christine Smith – Lambert Spawn; Presentation on strategies for disease and pest management

(also on picture Greg Seymour ISMS)

Stephen Allen – Downshire Marketing; Presentation on Implementing Successful Agaricus Marketing Strategies

On November the 17th. The opening ceremony of the 13th. Chinese Mushroom Days took place hosted by Zhangzhou People’s Government. During the 17th and the 19th an interesting programme was built by the organisation with a lot of keynote speeches, forums and workshops.

Some keynotes highlighted
- Digital technology promotes high quality development of edible Mushroom Industry; Mr. Zhao Chunjiang
- The challenges and opportunities of modern mushroom farms in the areas of energy. Labour, maintenance and management; Jack Lemmen

Forums
- Indian Mushroom Scenario / story and future innovations; Dr. Sangam Kurade, Manager of India Zuari Foods & Farms

- Polish Mushroom Industry / World leader in fresh Agaricus Export; Mr. Maciej Spychal, Secretary General of the Polish Edible Mushroom Association, Board member of WPZ Compost Farm

Open Discussion

- How to open up the production end and consumer end of mushrooms & how to make mushroom products far-reaching; Mr. Liu Ziqiang

A lot of visitors from all over the world visited these Mushroom Days, the Organization organized it very professionally and got a lot of support from sponsors and partners.

Some of our advertisers of our platform Mushroom Matter were present with a stand too:

DMP – Ron Hegger
Hoving Holland – Johan Hoving and Dave Hoving

Ten Cate – Maarten Bos

Impression of other stands
Christiaens Group – GTL Europe – Sylvan

 
The visitors were also presented with the chance to visit one of the largest mushroom farms in China (project by Christiaens Group)

There are far more types of mushrooms than what you usually find in your grocery store. Consider this a visual mushroom guide to our favorites, from abalone to shiitake.

Mushrooms, the fruiting bodies of edible fungi, are amazing things in the kitchen, bearers of flavor that range from nutty to aromatically woody to—naturally—earthy.

Sometimes it’s the texture of a mushroom that strikes you most, other times it’s texture and flavor working in an eerily gorgeous kind of symbiosis. Sometimes a mushroom’s looks are just as captivating. We asked Ian Garrone, founder of Far West Fungi in San Francisco, to guide us through the most common (and delicious) culinary specimens. Garrone comes from a family of mushroom hunters and growers, and his shop in the San Francisco Ferry Building overflows with familiar and exotic species, from the beige buttonlike cremini to the bright orange lobster mushroom, curled like a fist.

Read the full article here By Chowhound Editors

A future where a key ingredient of psychedelic mushrooms called psilocybin is regularly used to improve our mental health is none too far off. This month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a “breakthrough therapy” designation to a non-profit company developing psilocybin as a treatment for clinical depression. The label is intended to speed up the review process needed for approval.

As far back as the 1970s, some therapists have used the mind-altering effects of hallucinogenic compounds like psilocybin to treat their patients’ depression or anxiety (usually alongside conventional therapy). But as these compounds became popular recreational drugs, governments around the world banned their use entirely, including in a medical setting. Over the years, though, advocates have slowly convinced regulatory agencies like the FDA to reconsider this stance, especially given the lack of options available to people who don’t respond to typical antidepressants (which may be as high as 55 percent of all patients).

Author: Ed Cara
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Nicknamed the "mushroom of immortality" in English, Ganoderma mushrooms are known as "reishi" in Japanese and as "lingzhi" in Chinese. Ganoderma is a group of fungi that break down wood or cause white rot on certain tree species in the environment. Humans use Ganoderma fungi to treat anything from the flu to cancer. Some consume it as a preventative anti-inflammatory treatment. It's even marketed as a superfood. Reishi/lingzhi has been referenced as far back as 100 B.C. as a supplement used to improve human health.

Studies have found promising immune-boosting effects of the mushroom of immortality, particularly for those who are ill and less so for those that are healthy. Unsurprisingly, the reishi/lingzhi trade industry has a global market of more than $2.16 billion or approximately 2% of the worldwide dietary supplement sales. Recently, scientists tested 20 manufactured products of Ganoderma, including pills, tablets, teas and other consumables as well as 17 grow-your-own kits that were labeled as containing the species Ganoderma lucidum.

Author: Linh Anh Cat
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In addition to mold infection, red and yellow fruiting bodies of Hericium mushroom could also be resulted from improper inner condition of growing room. When inner temperature is under 14 degrees Celsius, fruiting bodies would gradually turn from white to light red, then get darker and darker as temperature goes down.

PREVENTION & CONTROL METHODS:
For growers, when you find fruiting bodies individually turn red, be sure to immediately rise the temperature of growing room, meanwhile, maintain high air humidity. And, it is also effective to prevent mold infection by spraying disinfectant. When finding that mold has just occured, promptly pick it out so as to avert it from spreading.

According to mushroom quotation provided by Liaoning Shenyang Shengfa Fruit & Vegetable Market, on November 25, Shiitake mushroom, Pleurotus geesteranus, Enoki mushroom, Button mushroom, Drumstick mushroom, White beech mushroom and Cordyceps militaris are 7 varieties that show price rise.

1. Price of Shiitake mushroom has risen from 9 to 11 CNY per kg, indicating 22% of increase range.

2. Price of Pleurotus geesteranus has risen from 9 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 11% of increase range.

3. Price of Enoki mushroom has risen from 5.5 to 6 CNY per kg, indicating 9% of increase range.

4. Price of Button mushroom has risen from 13 to 15 CNY per kg, indicating 15% of increase range.

5. Price of Drumstick mushroom has risen from 8 to 9 CNY per kg, indicating 13% of increase range.

6. Price of White beech mushroom has risen from 15 to 16.7 CNY per kg, indicating 11% of increase range.

7. Price of Cordyceps militaris has risen from 12 to 13 CNY per kg, indicating 8% of increase range.

On the contrary, by November 25, King oyster mushroom, Agrocybe cylindracea, Oyster mushroom and Pholiota nameko are 4 mushroom varieties that show price fall.

1. Price of King oyster mushroom has dropped from 7 to 6.5 CNY per kg, indicating 7% of decline range.

2. Price of Agrocybe cylindracea has dropped from 13.7 to 13 CNY per kg, indicating 5% of decline range.

3. Price of Oyster mushroom has dropped from 7.8 to 7 CNY per kg, indicating 10% of decline range.

4. Price of Pholiota nameko has dropped from 10 to 9.3 CNY per kg, indicating 7% of decline range.

“Price of Superior Shiitake mushroom, Brown Shimeji mushroom and Seafood mushroom is at 12 CNY, 19.2 CNY and 10 CNY per kg,” introduces manager of Liaoning Shenyang Shengfa Fruit & Vegetable Market warmly.