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.

From October 5 to 7, 2017, the 69th anniversary of the Federation of German Mushrooms and Cultivated Mushrooms (BDC e.V.) takes place in Darmstadt. Now the program is packed with an exciting mix of specialist presentations from various fields. The link for the registration and all important information can be found on this website (in German).

On 10th of September, Guangxi Beibuwan Modern Agricultural Co., LTD was put into trial production.
According to know, Beibuwan Company is an international automation-leading enterprise which highlights mushroom production and processing, the company holds 110 million CNY of investment and occupies over 600 mu of area, of which organic mushroom demonstration garden of circular economy covers 300 mu.
In the garden, 56 mushroom greenhouses are orderly arranged, 2 automatic production lines and aseptic workshop are equipped and built. In addition, production and refrigeration house that cover 56,000 square meters have also been constructed, which implies high-standard modernized production equipment.
It is understood that 56 mushroom greenhouses are actually an industrial poverty alleviation project built with 20.50 million CNY of public welfare funds and over 400 poor households could be absorbed here for mushroom production.
“Fruiting period is generally kept for 50 days, 7 batches of mushroom could be obtained per year, what’s more, 36,000 mushroom sticks in each greenhouse could produce above 12,600 kg of mushrooms per batch, and in total, 88,200 kg could be produced per year,” introduces vice manager of Beibuwan Company, adding that after deducting costs on sticks and utilities, annual incomes normally come to 20,000 CNY per household.

According to quotation provided by Vegetable & Agricultural Products Wholesale Market in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province of China, by September 12th, Enoki mushroom, Seafood mushroom, Pholiota nameko and Shiitake are 4 varieties that show price fall.

1. The price of Enoki mushroom has been dropped from 7 to 6 CNY per kg, showing 14.3% of dropping range.
2. The price of Seafood mushroom has been dropped from 14 to 10 CNY per kg, showing 28.6% of dropping range. 
3. The price of Pholiota nameko has been dropped from 14 to 8 CNY per kg, indicating 42.9% of dropping range.
4. The price of Shiitake has been dropped from 10 to 6.6 CNY per kg, indicating 34% of dropping range. 

On the contrary, by September 12th, Oyster mushroom, Button mushroom, King oyster mushroom, Agrocybe cylindracea and Pleurotus geesteranus are 5 varieties that show price rise.
1. The price of Oyster mushroom has been risen from 7 to 8 CNY per kg, indicating 14.3% of increase range.
2. The price of Button mushroom has been risen from 6.4 to 9 CNY per kg, indicating 40.6% of increase range.
3. The price of King oyster mushroom has been risen from 5.6 to 8 CNY per kg, indicating 42.9% of increase range.
4. The price of Agrocybe cylindracea has been risen from 10 to 14 CNY per kg, indicating 40% of increase range.
5. The price of Pleurotus geesteranus has been risen from 12 to 13 CNY per kg, indicating 8.3% of increase range.

Recently, as a result of large fruiting amount and slow marketing steps, the price of Shiitake has been slightly lowered, but along with the arrival of peak consuming season, its price is expected to recover soon.

Morel is a kind of high value-added agricultural product which not only holds short cultivation period, but also shows easy cultivation technology. The climatic and geographic conditions in Yichang City, Hubei Province of China are suitable for Morel cultivation. In 2015, trial Morel cultivation got succeeded in Yichang City, Yichang Kunbo Biotechnology Co., LTD aimed at cultivation potentials of Morel and started to vigorously promote Morel industry with local farmers. 

This year, Morels cultivated in 52 mu of land have been ushering bumper harvest, according to know, average mu output on fresh Morel comes to 180 kg while the uppermost mu output totals 300 kg, the market price on fresh and dried Morel is respectively at 140 CNY and 1600 CNY per kg, after deducting costs, average mu incomes exceed ten thousand CNY, which indicates rosy revenues. According to statistics, in first half of this year, cultivation scale of Morel came to over 1000 mu while average mu revenues reached 12,000 CNY in Yichang City.