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.

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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.

According to mushroom quotation provided by Shanxi Taiyuan Hexi Agricultural Products Market, on November 19, Oyster mushroom and Drumstick mushroom are 2 varieties that show price rise.

1. Price of Oyster mushroom has risen from 4 to 6 CNY per kg, indicating 50% of increase range.

2. Price of Drumstick mushroom has risen from 15.6 to 16 CNY per kg, indicating 3% of increase range.

On the contrary, by November 19, Shiitake mushroom, Superior Shiitake mushroom, King oyster mushroom, Button mushroom and Pleurotus geesteranus are 5 mushroom varieties that show price fall.

1. Price of Shiitake mushroom has dropped from 12 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 17% of decline range.

2. Price of Superior Shiitake mushroom has dropped from 15 to 13 CNY per kg, indicating 13% of decline range.

3. Price of King oyster mushroom has dropped from 6 to 5.5 CNY per kg, indicating 8% of decline range.

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

5. Price of Pleurotus geesteranus has dropped from 9.2 to 8.3 CNY per kg, indicating 10% of decline range.

“Price of White beech mushroom, Enoki mushroom, Agrocybe cylindracea, Brown Shimeji mushroom and Seafood mushroom is respectively at 15 CNY, 5.5 CNY, 14 CNY, 18.3 CNY and 10.4 CNY per kg,” introduces manager of Shanxi Taiyuan Hexi Agricultural Products Market warmly.

According to mushroom quotation provided by Anhui Zhougudui Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, on November 14, Brown Shimeji mushroom, Seafood mushroom and Cordyceps militaris are 3 varieties that show price rise.

1. Price of Brown Shimeji mushroom has risen from 15 to 16.7 CNY per kg, indicating 11% of increase range.

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

3. Price of Cordyceps militaris has risen from 17 to 20 CNY per kg, indicating 18% of increase range.

On the contrary, by November 14, Drumstick mushroom, White beech mushroom, Agrocybe cylindracea, Pleurotus geesteranus, Oyster mushroom and Pleurotus nebrodensis are 6 mushroom varieties that show price fall.

1. Price of Drumstick mushroom has dropped from 10.5 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 5% of decline range.

2. Price of White beech mushroom has dropped from 15 to 13.3 CNY per kg, indicating 11% of decline range.

3. Price of Agrocybe cylindracea has dropped from 12 to 11 CNY per kg, indicating 8% of decline range.

4. Price of Pleurotus geesteranus has dropped from 10.5 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 5% of decline range.

5. Price of Oyster mushroom has dropped from 5 to 4 CNY per kg, indicating 20% of decline range.

6. Price of Pleurotus nebrodensis has dropped from 28.3 to 26 CNY per kg, indicating 8% of decline range.

“Price of King oyster mushroom, Enoki mushroom, Shiitake mushroom, Button mushroom and Black fungus is respectively at 5.5 CNY, 6 CNY, 13 CNY, 12 CNY and 7 CNY per kg,” introduces manager of Anhui Zhougudui Agricultural Products Wholesale Market warmly.

The Thirteenth Chinese Mushroom Days will take place from November the 16th until November the 19th.
Canned Mushroom Capital of the World • Canned Food Capital of China • Chinese Mushroom Capital • Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

Agenda

Session 1: Lambert Spawn Workshop, November 15-16

Session 2：Industry exhibition of the 13th Chinese Mushroom Days, November 16-19

Session 3：Registration of the 13th Chinese Mushroom Days, November 16
- Parallel conference 1：The 5th meeting of the 1st Committee of the National Strategic Alliance for
Equipment Innovation of Mushroom Industry & The 3rd meeting of the 1st Committee of Jiangsu Strategic
Alliance for Equipment Innovation of Mushroom Industry
- Parallel conference 2：The 8th Enlarged Meeting of the 4th Council of Fujian Mushroom Association

Session 4：The 13th Chinese Mushroom Days, November 17-19
Section 1. Opening Ceremony of the 13th Chinese Mushroom Days, November 17
Section 2. Keynote Speech of the 13th Chinese Mushroom Days, November 17
Section 3. Forum of international button mushroom industry, November 17
Section 4. Forum on "The Belt, Road and Mushroom"& Globalization, November 17
Section 5. Crowdfunding Dinner of "The Night of Button Mushrooms", November 17
Section 6. Roundtable Forum on "The Belt, Road and Mushroom" & Globalization - shiitake-log export focus, November 18
Section 7. The Big Discussion: How to open up the production end and consumer end of mushrooms & How to make mushroom products far-reaching, November 18
Section 8. Forum of Energy Management, Environmental Control and Automation in Edible Mushroom Factory, November 18
Section 9. Roundtable Forum on Automation and Intelligentization of Mushroom Bag Cultivation Equipment, November 18
Section 10. Roundtable Forum on Comprehensive Utilization of Mushroom Waste, November 19
Section 11. International Forum on Technology and Product Frontiers of Mushroom Industry, November 19

Session 5: Intermediate and Advanced Training Course on Mushroom Bio-technology and Health-care Industry, November 20-24

Click here for the complete and detailed program!

Learned from Guangyue Mushroom Farm, under the guidance from Agriculture Bureau of Wuyi County, Jinhua City of Zhejiang Province, it has artificially realized the soilless cultivation of Grifola frondosa after 2 years of endeavour.

“Now, Grifola frondosa are evolving into the maturation from over 60,000 mushroom sticks, output on each stick reaches 300g or so,” introduces person in charge of Guangyue Mushroom Farm excitedly, going on that compared with earth-up technology, soilless cultivation technology highlights a series of merits such as impurity-free on sporocarps, convenient management, easy-to-harvest, superior quality and high efficiency. Grifola frondosa cultivated by this way are sold at 32 CNY per kg, and they are in tense supply.

According to mushroom quotation provided by Guangdong Haijixing Agricultural Products Market, on November 8, Oyster mushroom, Agrocybe cylindracea, Brown Shimeji mushroom and Pleurotus geesteranus are 4 varieties that show price fall.

1. Price of Oyster mushroom has dropped from 12 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 17% of decline range.

2. Price of Agrocybe cylindracea has dropped from 12 to 10 CNY per kg, indicating 17% of decline range.

3. Price of Brown Shimeji mushroom has dropped from 20.8 to 20 CNY per kg, indicating 4% of decline range.

4. Price of Pleurotus geesteranus has dropped from 18 to 16 CNY per kg, indicating 11% of decline range.

On the contrary, by November 8, Straw mushroom, King oyster mushroom, Enoki mushroom and White beech mushroom are 4 varieties that shows price rise.

1. Price of Straw mushroom has risen from 26 to 28 CNY per kg, indicating 8% of increase range.

2. Price of King oyster mushroom has risen from 6 to 6.5 CNY per kg, indicating 8% of increase range.

3. Price of Enoki mushroom has risen from 5.5 to 6.5 CNY per kg, indicating 18% of increase range.

4. Price of White beech mushroom has risen from 15 to 15.8 CNY per kg, indicating 5% of increase range.

“Price of Shiitake mushroom, Superior Shiitake mushroom, Black fungus, Button mushroom and Seafood mushroom is respectively at 14 CNY, 16 CNY, 5.6 CNY, 12 CNY and 10 CNY per kg. Recently, price of mushroom is generally stable in our market. And, as weather gets cold, sales of mushroom is expected to go up,” introduces manager of Guangdong Haijixing Agricultural Products Market with enthusiasm.