This year, Dunhua City, Jilin Province of China has been vigorously pushing the transformation and development of green industry and seeking improvement in stability on aspect of local characteristic industry.

Up to no,w 4 mushroom gardens have been built in the city, 34,520 households have been driven to embark on mushroom industry.

Now, mushroom capacity reaches 630 million bags in Dunhua City, which makes for expected output value of 1.8 billion CNY, mushroom varieties include Oyster, King oyster, Pleurotus citrinopileatus and others.

Organic Straw mushrooms are well favored by customers by nutritional value and tasty flavor. During its cultivation process, improper adjustment on water temperature would exert significant influence on final output of Straw mushroom.

In order to harvest satisfactory output, cultivators should firstly learn about the growth characteristic of organic Straw mushroom.

Organic Straw mushroom falls under with high-temperature variety, suitable temperature for spore budding and mycelia growth is respectively at 40 and 35 degrees Celsius or so. Mycelia growth tends to be inhibited when it is under 12 or higher than 42 degrees Celsius.

What’s more, organic Straw mushrooms are pleased with high humidity, suggested water content on substrate is at around 70%, superior relative air humidity is at 90%-95%, when it is lower than 80%, mushroom bodies lead tardy growth and occur coarse and bleak surface, when it is higher than 95%, mushroom bodies are easy to become unsound.

In conclusion, organic Straw mushrooms are strict with water temperature, it is crucial to spray water that is almost the same degree as room temperature, which is usually neglected by cultivators. In hot season, some growers directly spray well water that is at 20 degrees Celsius or so, which severely results in death of tiny mushrooms for reason of cold damage.

The purpose practice is to spray water in the morning or at night, ideal water temperature is at 30 degrees Celsius, meanwhile, it is necessary for growers to master correct water-spraying method in accordance with different growth period of sporocarps, and in case of small sporocarps, be sure to spray water in a light way. During Pinhead Phase and Small-button Period, be sure not to spray water on the surface, and in the event of slightly-dry surface, it is proper to conduct mist spray in aisles of cultivation room so as to increase air humidity. (Source: China’s Organic Agriculture Network.)

In recent years, Chengde City, Hebei Province of China has been relying on climatic and regional advantage and guiding farmers to push mushroom industry. It is anticipated that by the end of this year, gross mushroom output is going to obtain 1 million tons in Chengde City, which contributes to pure revenues of 4 billion CNY for growers.

Recent days, Button mushrooms produced in Shandong Dashanhe Mushroom Technology Co., LTD are entering into picking season, the present fruiting amount comes to 3 tons per day and average factory price reaches 10.5 CNY per kg.

Shandong Dashanhe Mushroom Technology Co., LTD, subsidiary of Shanghai Dashanhe Mushroom Science and Technology Co., LTD, covers over 150 mu of land and holds the gross investment of more than 80 million CNY. Now, the company annually produces above 100,000 tons of superior Phase-two fermented materials, and at least 1920 tons of fresh mushrooms, annual sales volume obtains more than 100 million CNY.
 

Over the years, Shizhai Town, Feng County, Jiangsu Province of China has been relying on reality and vigorously developing modern agriculture and characteristic industry.

Till now, Five Thriving Industries which refer to Mushroom, Superior Fruit, Ecological Breeding and Photovoltaic Industry have come into being in the town.

In Shizhai Town, characteristic varieties include onion and garlic, and the most conspicuous industry belongs to Black fungus.

Black fungus industry holds over 20 years of history, now, there are 5000 standardized Black fungus greenhouses in the town, gross capacity totals 250 million bags, annual output on dried Black fungus comes to 20,000 tons and nearly 10,000 people are absorbed to get jobs within the industry. In addition, 23 specialized cooperatives have been built in the town, which contributes to annual average per capita income of 3000 CNY or so.

This year, Auricularia fuscosuccinea, Ganoderma and other new varieties have been successively introduced, which helped broaden farmers’ road to become well-off.

In a small section of Pennsylvania, indoor farms are producing more than a million pounds of mushrooms every day.

Farmers in Chester County, Pennsylvania, have been producing mushrooms since the late 1800s, when several local Quakers decided to grow them in the space underneath their flowerbeds, NPR reported in 2012, citing local lore.

Today, the industry generates hundreds of millions of dollars in sales each year for Chester County, which has also held a yearly mushroom festival for more than 30 years. The area’s commercial mushroom farms grow them indoors, which allows them to carefully control the environment and maximize production.

Recently, indoor farming — a model that commercial mushroom producers have used for decades — has drawn more attention as an approach to sustainable food production. Michael Guttman, director of the sustainable development office for Kennett Township, Pennsylvania, spoke with the PBS NewsHour Weekend about the area’s mushroom heritage and the lessons that mushroom production offers for other farmers.

For the complete article go to: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/this-small-pennsylvania-region-produces-half-the-mushroom-crop-in-the-u-s

Under the comprehensive influence of light, temperature, water, air and other factors, bud-emergence is pushed on surface of substrate. During the budding period, proper temperature range of mushroom house should be at 12-15 degrees, excessive temperature results in irregular, thin and weak fruiting while too-low temperature leads to less fruiting amount and output failure. Besides, ideal relative air humidity of the house is at 80%-90%, too-low humidity goes against to bud-emergence while sundry fungus contamination is easy-appearing under over-high temperature. Cultivators could moderately enhance oxygen content through the adjustment of exhaust vents in the house.

Following this kind of mode, lush, orderly and robust mushroom buds could be most possibly obtained.

When you walk into Jinling Town, Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, what might catch your sight are banana forests.

Jinling Town is famous for bananas, many farmers get fortunes by banana cultivation. However, Ms. Lin, one of local villagers, has created another prosperous road via her smart thought.

Under her unremitting leadership, mushroom industry of the town has been developed from nothing to prosperity.

In 2010, Ms. Lin established Jinke Mushroom Cooperative. Through years of elaborate operation and management, 76 members have been absorbed here and per capita income reaches 3600 CNY.

At the end of 2011, 8 mushroom greenhouses were established, a series of new varieties such as Ganoderma, Tricholoma giganteum, Pleurotus cornucopiae and Pleurotus geesteranus were introduced. By now, annual mushroom capacity of the cooperative obtains 600,000-700,000 sticks, annual sales income attains 3.1 million CNY while annual pure profits come to 520,000 CNY.