In recent years, Guangzong County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province of China has been leading farmers to grow well-off through building modern agriculture that integrates cultivation experience, picking, leisure and entertainment, fitness regimen and population of science into one. 

Till now, Guangzong County has developed over 500 mu of area for cultivation of White fungus, Oyster mushroom, Shiitake, Ganoderma and other varieties, annual output on fresh mushrooms comes to nearly 3000 tons while over 2000 households are leaded to embark on mushroom cultivation and increase earnings.

Recently, in Shiitake demonstration base of Zuojiawan Village, Hengqu County, Shanxi Province of China, mushroom growers have been engaged with the picking work of the first batch of Shiitake.

According to know, under the help of poverty-removal working crew, Zuojiawan Village started to strive for mushroom project in spring. With 500,000 CNY of investment, Shiitake demonstration base that absorbs 23 Shiitake greenhouses was built, besides, a specialized mushroom cooperative was established, till now, it has leaded 12 local poor households to engage with mushroom cultivation, over 80 poor villagers get jobs in the cooperative and generate considerable incomes. 
For recent days, 120,000 Shiitake sticks are ushering fruiting period, which indicates satisfactory revenues for village collective economy and poor households.

On 5th of September, a giant Puffball which is as big as a loggerhead was found by passer-by in greenbelt of campus of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.

According to measurement, the giant Puffball is 46 cm in length, 35cm in width, over 20 cm in height, above 3kg in weight and is rather rare. (Source: Morning Paper of Lanzhou City.)

For recent days, staffs working in Zhejiang Xingsen Technology Co., LTD have been busy with the picking work of Pleurotus geesteranus.

“Over 2 million bags of Pleurotus geesteranus are gradually entering into peak picking period, daily picking volume adds up to 5000 kg or so,” introduces manager of the company, adding that the present wholesale and retail price is respectively at 16 CNY and 60 CNY per kg, Pleurotus geesteranus are in extremely short supply.

For recent years, mushroom industry that highlights Black fungus variety has been regarded as the crucial tong and efficient channel that adjusts agricultural production structure and generates incomes for farmers in Yanbian Prefecture, Jilin Province of China, now, the prefecture holds mushroom cultivation scale of 1.5 billion bags, mushroom output of 660,000 tons on dried mushrooms and gross output value of 4.5 billion CNY, respectively increased for 25%, 40%, 45% compared with 2012. 

Wangqing County of Yanbian Prefecture is also certificated as “China’s Ten Main Mushroom Production Site” and “China’s Ten Main Production Base Counties of Black Fungus.”

Recently, in Shuangchuang Farmer’s Cooperative of Daping Village, Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province of China, farmers have been engaged with picking of Auricularia fuscosuccinea. According to know, under the guidance and support of Ministry of Agricultural, 5 poor households have joined in local cooperative and successfully conducted trial cultivation of Auricularia fuscosuccinea in Wanzai County. Now, the county carries over 500 mu of area for mushroom cultivation, annual output on fresh Black fungus, Button mushroom, Cordyceps sinensis and others comes to over 3500 tons, annual pure incomes per capita attain above 6000 CNY.