Mushroom Matter

Indoor neon-lit mushroom farms are New York's hottest new food trend

Apr 04, 2025

Pink oyster mushrooms grown in a ‘mini farm’ unit. Photograph: Hannah Shufro

As well as looking pretty, inventor Smallhold claims its far more sustainable than traditional farming

Diners at the Bunker, a Vietnamese restaurant in Brooklyn, may not realise that the mushrooms in their bánh mì were grown in a blue-tinted, spaceship-looking “mini farm” underneath their seats. But it’s just one of a growing number of plug-in fungi farms mushrooming in New York City.

Smallhold, the company that created the idea, grows around 100 pounds of various mushroom types a week, then distributes them three-quarters grown to climate-controlled, do-it-yourself mini “farms” around the city. The mushrooms finish growing within the automated units, while a remote technician adjusts humidity, airflow and temperature, offering chefs on-the-spot, fresh and self-replenishing batches of a food item that has a short shelf-life.

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Source: The Guardian - Laura Pitcher

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Environment plays an influence to the growth of Morel mushroom

Apr 04, 2025

Morel mushrooms carry unique fragrance, complete functions and evident effect to food therapy. This kind of mushroom holds the efficacy of tonifying kidney and brain, refreshing while it shows good auxiliary therapeutic effects on dizziness insomnia, weakness of the spleen and the stomach, indigestion and poor appetite. In addition, the variety also helps prevent and fight with cancer, ward off colds, enhance the immune system and hence it medically shows crucial development value. Now, in China, market price of dried Morel mushroom is at 1600-2000 CNY per kg. In western European countries, Morels are extremely in tight supply and high price.

Unlike other mushrooms, Morel mushrooms hold poor adaptability, and poor stability in the case of alien cultivation. Therefore, strains isolated by local Morel variety match local surrounding, eliminate the regional differences and influences resulted from long-distance purchasing or the course of mailing.

Wild Morels could be largely foraged during March to May after the rain while they occasionally pop in during August to September in small quantities.

Morel mushrooms hold long growth period, apart from low temperature, they also require large temperature difference that stimulates the differentiation of mycelia.

When water content of soil is lower than 40%, growth of Morel mushroom would be affected. As fruiting bodies substantially occur, relative air humidity in forest is at 80% and the general water content of soil is at a range of 40%-50%. Besides, suitable PH Value that fits for growth of Morel mushroom is 7-8, weak scattered light also impels the growth of fruiting bodies.

However, strong direct sunlight does adverse impact on growth of Morel mushroom. In early spring, growers could timely spray water in dry circumstance, and keep soil moist, or growth of fruiting bodies would be restricted. In a word, in early spring, temperature and humidity of growing environment are key elements that guarantee the success of Morels cultivation.

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Mushroom farming is turned into a big and flourishing industry

Apr 04, 2025

On November 6, Button mushrooms farmed in Tao’an Village, Taoyuan County, Hunan Province of China are in good growth status in the greenhouse.

Tao’an Village holds over 1193 population, local villagers used to take mountain mining as the leading industry, however, along with the resource exhaustion, its development eventually met the bottleneck. In early 2015, villagers were leaded to plunge into mushroom cultivation.

“Temperature for growth of Button mushroom should be regulated at a range of 14-25 degrees Celsius, in our village, two seasons of Button mushroom could be annually output,” said Mr. Huang Xiaohua, village branch of Tao’an Village.

Up to now, 47 high-standard mushroom greenhouses have been established within Tao’an Village, the projected annual incomes hit over 2 million CNY. In addition, above 200,000 CNY of investment has been raised on establishment of a strain factory that occupies 600 square meters, and a refrigeration house. Next year, another 20 greenhouses are in planned construction while mushroom drying and deep-processing technology will be also introduced to Tao’an Village. After the complete establishment, it is going to become the largest mushroom base which sets strain cultivation, production, R&D and processing into one in Taoyuan County.

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Hunan: Black Fungus Cropping Fattens Wallet of Growers

Apr 04, 2025

In order to vigorously implement large-scale mushroom production, after years of development, a mushroom base has been established by Tianyimei Mushroom Co., LTD in Dao County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province of China.

Recently, in Black fungus base located in Yongzhou City, workers are busy with land preparation and carriage of fungi bags, to ensure that planting tasks can be completed timely.

As a kind of nutritious edible mushroom, Black fungus is a traditional health-care food and export goods in China. Generally, dried Black fungus is sold at 20-30 CNY per kg in Chinese market. Over the years, Dao County keeps on promoting Black fungus cultivation project and gaining handsome profits. Through green ecological Black fungus industry, poor farmers are effectively leaded to end poverty and get prosperous.

By now, mushroom industry has shown the rapid development trend in Yongzhou City, and it ranks first on industrial scale and market sales comparing with other sectors. Now there are 800 households plunging into mushroom industry, annual output of fresh mushrooms reached 150,000 tons and total value exceeded 1.5 billion CYN in 2017 in Youzhou city.

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Stewed chicken soup with Shiitake mushroom and lotus root

Apr 04, 2025

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Mushroom project which holds 240 million CNY of fund brings about new hopes

Apr 04, 2025

Now, Shiitake mushrooms cultivated in Guangling Beiye Mushroom Development Co., LTD are energetically evolving into the maturation.Over the years, Guangling County, Datong City, Shanxi Province of China actively cooperates with Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Shanxi Agricultural University, up to now, “Beiye No.2” and “Beiye No.3” which all fit for climatic condition of Guangling County have been newly developed, “Beiye No.2” holds long fungus age, good appearance, high output, strong ability on high-temperature resistance, tender taste, and it is packed with abundant proteins, carbohydrate, vitamin, mineral substances.

And, “Beiye No.3” is firm in texture, short in fungus age, large in appearance, thick in texture, superior in quality and it is a wide-temperature type variety.

Established in April, 2004, Guangling Beiye Mushroom Development Co., LTD sets mushroom production, processing, marketing and R&D into one. Nowadays, the company holds 9.87 million CNY of registered funds, 78 staffs and occupies 240 mu of area.

At present, Beiye Company is organizing a project construction which carries 247 million CNY of fund, main construction contents include 1000 double-arch and vertical mushroom greenhouses, 4 production lines for mushroom spawn and bags and other associated equipment, after its completion, over 10,000 population are projected to end poverty and grow prosperous through mushroom production.

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Feidi Mushroom Garden offers juicy harvests

Apr 04, 2025

On October 24, in Feidi Mushroom Garden of Huodigou Village, Shiquan County, Shanxi Province of China, villagers are busy with picking, trimming and packing task of fresh Shiitake mushroom.

Feidi Mushroom Garden was constructed in late 2017, by now, 15 million CNY of investment has been input on Phase One of project. In over 200 mu of land, intelligent mushroom greenhouse and factory that occupy 12,000 square meters have been built for mushroom production.

“In 2018, gross cultivation scale on Shiitake mushroom reaches 300,000 logs in Huodigou Village, in mid August of 2018, the first batch of Shiitake mushroom evolved into the maturation, picking time was started in September and it is expected to stop in March of 2019,” introduces head of Huodigou Village warmly, going on that in recent years, average wholesale price of Shiitake mushroom is always at 12 CNY per kg.

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Cropping Agrocybe cylindracea can be a promising industry

Apr 04, 2025

On October 8, staffs working in Tianping Mushroom Base of Tianping Town, Yuping County, Guizhou Province of China are plunging into the picking, airing and packing work of Agrocybe cylindracea.
Operated in January, 2018, Tianping Mushroom Base carries 22.264 million CNY of gross input and occupies 100 mu of area, up to now, 43 steel-frame mushroom greenhouses that absorb 1.8 million bags have been built within the base.
“From January to now, 5 times of fruiting have been realized, gross mushroom production totaled over 800,000 kg and total production value hit above 6.1 million CNY,” said related principal passionately, continuing that in 2019, Tianping Mushroom Base proposes to expand the scale, annually input 3.8 million bags so as to achieve the projected annual production value of 21 million CNY while it also plans to lead at least 100 masses to embark on this promising industry.

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Mushroom Matter

Indoor neon-lit mushroom farms are New York's hottest new food trend

Environment plays an influence to the growth of Morel mushroom

Mushroom farming is turned into a big and flourishing industry

Hunan: Black Fungus Cropping Fattens Wallet of Growers

Stewed chicken soup with Shiitake mushroom and lotus root

Mushroom project which holds 240 million CNY of fund brings about new hopes

Feidi Mushroom Garden offers juicy harvests

Cropping Agrocybe cylindracea can be a promising industry

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