Mushroom times No.1 Jan/Feb 2015

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13 PG4 Topic news ◆ COMING SOON! 2015 China International Mushroom New Product and Technology Expo ◆ Expo Highlights ◆ 2015 China International Mushroom New Product and Technology Expo ◆ Meeting Schedule

PG8 Local News in China PG12 Enterprise Feature ◆ Fulfill Dreams, Little Mushrooms Put Up Big Industry

PG15 Industrialization News PG17 News in Pictures ◆ Hundreds of mushroom specimens are displayed at kalabaka natural history museum in greece ◆ Bioluminescent mushrooms found in dark rainforests of northern california in usa ◆ Photovoltaic greenhouse increases edible mushroom production effciency in china

PG20 Mushrooms Quotation ◆ China Main Varieties of Mushrooms Quotation (Jan. to Feb.,2015)

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PG22 The Sound Of Global Mushroom Industry

Topic News

COMING SOON! 2015 China International Mu In order to further enhance our innovation research and achievements transform of new products and new technology, build a unified open, competitive and orderly market system of edible fungi, perfect the market regulation, improve the efficiency of market circulation, promote the production and marketing docking, so as to improve the level of edible fungus industry development in China, China Vegetables Circulation Association, China Edible Mushroom Business Net jointly organized the "2015 China International Mushroom New Product and Technology Expo & Market Circulation Summit", the conference will invite the national related department leaders and authoritative experts to attend the meeting, they will do project report on the current situation of economic operation, the edible fungus industry development and technological innovation, product circulation channels and market construction, production and marketing docking. The meeting will also invite famous experts to make discussion on the key problems such as technology, management, talent and market elaboration of edible fungus production, processing and circulation. The discussion includes the situation of industry correlation and analysis of the industry situation, interpretation of industrial policy, solution for industry problems, all these will offer help to mainly production bases and enterprises in theory and practice, to build an high-quality exhibition platform for producers, distributors and consumers.

The history data of China International Mushroom New Product and Technology Expo Year City Space(sqm) Number of exhibitors Number of visitor/traders 2014(13st) Zhengzhou,Henan 6000 220 30000/1500 2013(12st) Shijiazhuang,Hebei 5100 190 30000/1500 2012(11st) Nanjing,Jiangshu 4700 170 22000/1800 2011(10st) Tongliao,Neimenggu 4500 170 15000/1300 2010(9st) Xiuyan,Liaoning 4100 160 20000/1200 2009(8st) Longquan,Zhejiang 4000 160 25000/1500 2008(7st) Pixian,Sichuan 3800 140 20000/1300 2007(6st) Dalian,Laoning 3200 120 15000/1100 2006(5st) Harbin,Heilongjiang 3500 120 15000/1100 2005(4st) Zhengzhou,Henan 3000 100 10000/700 2004(3st) Beijing 2500 90 6000/500 2003(2st) Qingdao,Shandong 2700 90 4000/600 2002(1st) Beijing 2700 80 3000/400

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Mushroom New Product and Technology Expo

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2. Integration of global resources, building international Expo The Expo is the influential annual event

including new products and technology of mushroom material, production equipment, deep-processing. At the same time, we has invite mushroom research institution, production and processing enterprises and farms from a number of countries. Building the internationalization Expo through converge global mushroom equipment, high quality products and technology.

3. New production base visiting project: Photovoltaic mushroom industry Hot-spots of the expo are New normal, New ideas and New opportunities. One of them is innovative photovoltaic mushroom industry pattern. At the same time, Qingdao is the international famous tourist city, which possess great business opportunities about innovative development of mushroom industry under the new normal.

Expo Highlights

1.Keep pace with the times, Crack industry problem During this expo, some domestic and overseas experts will do special reports around several aspects such as Strategy on Innovative Development and Stabilizing Growth of Mushroom Industry in China, The Internet of Things Technology on Mushroom & Intelligence in Production,Strategy for Economic Development of One Belt and One Road & Edible Mushroom Multinational Fusion, Steady growth strategy of China Mushroom Industry and so on.In addition, we also communicate with mushroom production and processing technology, personnel training management, circulation channels construction and product market segmentation.

More info: www.cembn.com Expo Website:http://en.mushroommarket.net/special/show.php?itemid=2#

2015 China International Mushroom New Product and Technology Expo ★ Expo Time: May 8th-11th, 2015 ★ Registration Place: Qingdao Chengyang Hotel ★ Expo Place: Shandong (Qingdao) International Agricultural Product Demonstration & Trade Center

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Topic News

Meeting Schedule May 8th

08:00—20:00

Leader, guests and representatives registering, visiting the enterprises exhibits

18:00—19:00

Dinner (buffet)

19:00—21:00

Symposium

07:00—08:00

Breakfast (buffet)

09:30—10:00

Opening Ceremony

10:00—11:30

Visiting Exhibition,Business Negotiations,Signing order,Product Launch, Cooperation

12:00—13:30

Lunch (buffet)

14:00—17:00

Industry Development Forum ◆ Strategy on Innovative Development and Stabilizing Growth of Mushroom Industry in China ◆ Ecotope of Chinese Mushroom Industry in New Normal ◆ Investments and Portfolio Management of Mushroom & Platform Docking

18:00—19:00

Dinner (buffet)

19:00—21:00

Symposium

07:00—08:00

Breakfast (buffet)

May 9th

09:00—11:30

May 10th

May 11th

New Product and Technology Forum Development Status of Agaricus Bisporus Compost Technology at home and abroad ◆ The Internet of Things Technology on Mushroom & Intelligence in Production ◆ The Problems of Mushroom Product Quality and Safety & Solutions ◆

12:00—13:00

Lunch (buffet)

14:00—17:30

Market Circulation Summit ◆ The Status of Market Circulation and Logistics Distribution on Chinese Mushroom Market ◆ Events & Classes (Mushroom Production and Processing Technology,Personnel training management,Circulation channels construction,Product Marketing Subdivision)

18:00—19:00

Dinner (buffet)

08:30—12:00

Visiting mushroom production base

12:00—13:00

Lunch (buffet)

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Local News in China Giant Ganoderma lucidum is found in Hezhou city, which weighs 14KG

Recently, some photos about giant Ganoderma lucidum are popular on the web. It is reported that giant Ganoderma lucidum is purchased by a man, who is the owner of special local product shop in Hezhou city. The giant Ganoderma lucidum is elliptical, maximum diameter is 107cm, which weighs 14KG. Some experts express that so giant Ganoderma lucidum is rare.

mushroom cultivation effectively promotes the local farmers' income.

In recent years, Ji county government develops mushroom cultivation as mainstay industry, especially Pleurotus nebrodensis, and uses a variety of patterns such as government guidance, association service and company intervention in order to solute farmers' problem including capital, technology and marketing.

“Cultivating technology for high quality Straw Mushroom” was granted the second award

Edible mushroom industry is thriving in Ji County

At present, edible mushroom industry is thriving in Ji County. Daily sales of mushroom (Shiitake and Pleurotus nebrodensis ) can reach more than one thousand tons, which be sold to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei province and Shandong province. At the same time,

It is learned from Jiangsu Mushroom Association that the National Science a n d Te c h n o l o g y Aw a r d ( N S TA ) Conference 2014 was held in Beijing on 9 January 2015, the party and the state leaders, Jinping Xi, Keqiang Li, Yunshan Liu, Gaoli Zhang, et. al., attended the ceremony and granted awards for the winners. Eight specialists and 318 projects gained NSTA 2014.

The project “the key technology for high efficiently cultivating Straw Mushroom with high quality and its industrialized application” was granted second award of national science and technology progress.

Yuan’an built Shiitake industrial park, which is the new steel structure type

To accelerate standardization, scale, intensive development of edible mushroom industry, to enhance the level of industrial development and scientific and technological strength, improving the utilization efficiency of agricultural resources, Yuan ‘an county agriculture bureau of Hubei province insist a high starting point and high standard planting to introduce the Henglichuang agriculture development co., LTD o f Yi c h a n g c i t y t o d e v e l o p t h e mushroom industry, efforts to build Shiitake industrial park of new type of steel structure, to boost the county mushroom industry development.

It is known that the industrial park project plans covering 30 acres, the total investment to reach more than 2 million CNY, to build 60 steel structure greenhouses(each greenhouse covers about 150 square meters). Now there have been built 16 greenhouses. mushroom production, processing and sale is combined in the industrial base. It is estimated that mushroom bags could reach to 350000 bags, the annual output will reach more than 3 million CNY.

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Local News in China Temperature control facilities make edible mushroom produced more effective

In recent years, Yongchun government guides farmers to develop the agricultural facilities of fine planting in featured, promoting industrial structure to increase efficiency in Fujian province. Some edible mushrooms cooperatives invested temperature control facilities to accelerate the upgrading of industrial transformation.

It is said that the facilities solve the edible mushrooms under the influence of season temperature after the investment, it could expand the season, even achieving the annual production.

The mushroom farmer could avoid in cold outdoor to work, and production of edible mushrooms become more convenient.

A NEW TYPE OF FOOD IS COMING, Black fungus can be drunk instantly A project which is called “Instant food included black fungus and its processing methods” has been appraised by Science and Technology Agency.

The main raw material in this project

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is black fungus powder, rice flour and maltodextrin. After examining the parameters, such as, freezing time, drying temperature and time, the production technique of Black fungus powder formed. So far, there are two types of formulas: the Ordinary Type Black Fungus Instant Food, and the Low-Sugar Type Black Fungus Instant Food.

This application technology is effective for enriching the types of nourishment. It gives consumers more opportunities to choosing healthy food.

This innovative technology is also conductive for extending the industrial chain of black fungus.

Production and marketing of antiseason Shiitake mushrooms are prosperous in Dongguan Town

At present, Farmers have a good harvest with anti-season Shiitake mushrooms in the production base of Dongguan Town, Sichuan province.

According to know, Dongguan town has develop Shiitake mushroom 1100 thousand bags, Pleurotus Cornucopiae 100 thousand bags, and annual output of mushrooms reach 900 thousand kilo that help local farmers increasing their income. Now the mushroom products have been selling like hot cakes.

70% Shiitake mushrooms in Japanese market come from Xixia county in China

At present, Henan entry and exit inspection and quarantine bureau publishes Henan export situation of food and agricultural products in 2014, which reached 2.93 billion USD, up 12.7% year on year. Main export countries and regions: ASEAN, Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, the United States. It is worth mentioning that the export volume of Xixia Shiitake mushrooms and products reached 46 thousand tons in 2014, up 36.6% year on year. At the same time, 70% Shiitake mushrooms in Japanese market come from Xixia, which become the world famous agricultural products.

According to know that Xixia is the famous county of Shiitake production in China. Since 2014, Xixia gave full play to the edible fungus characteristic resource advantage, actively promoted the quality safety demonstration area building about import and export food and agricultural, supported mushroom export enterprises, accelerated mushroom deep processing industry transformation and upgrading, increased the export of the Xixia mushroom of rapid growth.

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he first ray of sunshine in 2015, warm and genial. In the mushroom production base of Baoshan Fuqun Agricultural Science and Technology Co., LTD,mushroom growers are busy picking, packing and shipping.

Pieces of delicious fungus products are sold domestically as well as to Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and other countries and regions. ★

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In recent years, under the guidance of general manager Huangwei, the company has developed into the largest agricultural industrialization enterprise in Yunnan province engaged in mushroom production, processing, export and scientific research, holding a leading position on comprehensive strength and technology.

In 2014, the company developed a new variety of mushroom - miniature mushroom, the mushroom was domesticated from wild mushrooms, and smaller than traditional individual mushroom, the cap diameter is only three centimeters, the mushroom stipe length is 2.5 -3 cm, the fruiting body is milky white, the nutrients is 25% more than traditional mushroom. Miniature mushroom’s growing cycle is short, the mushroom is very suitable for factory producing, and is also popular with customers.

Over the years, in mushroom production, the company developed complex medium based on forestry and agricultural residues, and replaced the traditional Shiitake mushroom cultivation technology that was based on wood as the medium. Through this, production costs fell by 30%, biological efficiency reached more than 100% on average (20% higher than

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Huangwei, microbial professional doctor, senior engineer, standing director of Chinese Edible Fungi Association, member of the expert committee of China Edible Fungus Association, technical advisor of mushroom Industry development for six cities in the country.

Supporting for many years to complete one national subject and three topic items at the provincial level, he had applied and got 9 patents, and be involved in programming of China Mushroom Industry Ceremony, China Edible Fungus Yearbook 2004-2006 , edited and published Mushroom Production Technology and Industrialization Management, Returningecological Cultivation for Mushroom .

He was named the national edible fungus industry advanced technology worker in 2004, and the China Edible Fungus Association annual news-maker in 2005, he also won the national mushroom industry Technology Innovation Award and other honors in 2006.

pure wood) and the fruiting cycle was shortened by 20 days. At present, this new Shiitake cultivation technology is the first of its type in Chinese mass production.

Through cytoplasm fusion technology, the company independently developed

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new breed of Shiitake (“F8,F10”), which is eurythermal, stable quality, high productivity, and also adapts to wide temperature. This new breed became the company’s main business.

At the same time, the company summarized a set of management

Enterprise Feature

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techniques about Shiitake fruiting in the highlands, which could achieve year-round production and all-weather fruiting.

Now the company’s production technology and processing equipment is domestically advanced. Among them: the equipment independent innovation rate is 35%, and the production technology independent innovation rate was 60%. The enterprise’s comprehensive strength and technical level helps it hold a

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leading position domestically. The company is a key leader in agricultural industrialization, innovative enterprises, the develpment of circular economy pilot enterprises in Yunnan province.

Mr.Huang expressed that we have more work to do, some key problems remain to perfect and solve. He hopes to continue to explore and research with industry veterans, and as soon as possible to complete the great cause of Shiitake industrial cultivation.

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“Shiitake Mushroom industry is in the critical period of transformation and upgrading, each company should not be limited to compete with each other.”

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Enterprise Feature

“Develop mushroom industry, benefiting the people of hometown”

Company Development Goals: 1. Development Strategy A. Development Direction: Through resource advantages, to grow the edible fungus industry. Become stronger and larger, the “mushroom king” in western China.

B. Company Aim: Facility in Baoshan city, influence Yunnan province, Innovate industrialization drive mode, adopt corporate social responsibility, become a protective umbrella of industry development and farmers’ income.

C. Company Mission: Develop the mushroom industry, benefit people, disseminate environmental biotechnology, Create healthy and safe food.

2. Market Goal Relying on the Baoshan environmental and regional advantage, expand surrounding foreign markets to build an independent and stable customer base, concentrating on farmers’ professional co-operatives. Expand the scale of

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industry, to ensure market supply. Achieve the goal of $100 million. Foreign exchange earnings through exports within five years, become the exported key leading agricultural enterprise in Yunnan province.

3. Benefit Goal A. Economic Benefit: Annual production above 1 billion CNY within five years.

Through stock issuance, form Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group Co., LTD to Increase the strength, realize the whole industry chain value 5 billion CNY by 2020, be a local agricultural giant enterprises.

B. Social Benefit: Use the company + cooperative + peasant household model driving the development of industry, make agriculture output value more than 2 billion CNY within five years. Drive 5000 farmers’ income, provide 15000 jobs, increase more than 100000 CNY per farmer every year, become a pillar industry of Baoshan city.

C. Ecological Benefits: Implement the strategy of overbalanced resource utilization feedback, improve the local forest coverage, realize industrial development, ecological incremental model of agricultural circular economy.

Industrialization News THE PRODUCTION BENEFIT OF BUTTON MUSHROOM STEREOSCOPIC PLANTING INDUSTRIALIZATION IS REMARKABLE

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t is reported that Kangfa Canned Food Ltd., located in Difang t o w n s h i p , P i n g y i c o u n t y, Shandong province, introduced new Button mushroom species and cultivating technology from USA. It built 32 mushroom workshops with automatic temperature control system, implemented the five-layer cultivation in the winter of 2014. This project invested totally 23 million CNY, setting up 7 main function zones including scientific research

office and raw material reserves zone. The main function zones are benefit for improving mushroom recycling industry chain, and gradually forming an comprehensive industrialized producing base including mushroom research and development, production, cultivation, processing, cold storage.

Annual mushroom output reached 2300 tons with sales income 21 million CNY. Button Mushrooms is not only favored by the local consumers, its

deep-processed products are also popular among consumers from more than 20 countries and region, such as USA, Germany, Russia, Japan, South Korea and so on. Meanwhile, the mushroom base also drives the farmers around to improve their income, with considerable social and economic benefits.

THE INDUSTRIALIZATION CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE OF MAITAKE MUSHROOM ACHIEVED NEW BREAKTHROUGH

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aitake mushroom has high health care functions, which is loved by customers. At present, “Intensivism Production Demonstration Base Construction Project” from Zhejiang Qingyuan Guxing Energy-saving Machinery Co., LTD obtains the key breakthrough.

They achieved the industrialization cultivation of Maitake mushroom through intelligent approaches

to simulate and control Maitake mushroom’s growth condition.

It is reported that casing soil cultivation technique of Maitake mushroom is traditional, which can only produce two seasons in a year, and mushrooms easily adhere to silt so that it may influence the quality and restrict the sustainable development of Maitake mushroom industry. Now the industrialization cultivation technique

of Maitake mushroom not only can effectively solve the problems due to casing soil cultivation, but also can achieve all-year cultivation. At the same time, the success of technology provides an example for the aerobic type mushroom’s industrialization cultivation research such as Shiitake mushroom, and promoting edible mushroom’s industrialization development.

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Industrialization News FINISHED AGROCYBE CYLINDRACEA PRODUCTION BASE CAN BROADEN THE WAY OF RAISING FARMERS’ INCOME

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t is reported that Phase I project of Quanyi Modern Biological Science and Technology Research Center was completed and was put into production in Manas county. A total investment of this base reached near 10 million CNY, and construction area reached 4000 square meters. It is reported that this base could reach the production of Agrocybe Cylindracea spawn bags 10 thousand per day, and Agrocybe Cylindracea close to 3 tons. At present, the base has produced Agrocybe Cylindracea spawn bags more than 400 thousand and provide to local farmers firstly, which can help them to develop Agrocybe Cylindracea cultivation and increase their income.

At the same time, the base helps some farmers to get a job, which is effective for relieving the problem of employment and promoting the development of local edible mushroom industry.

DONGNING BECOMES THE BEST COUNTY ABOUT BLACK FUNGUS PRODUCTION IN CHINA

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t is reported that Black fungus industry is thriving in Dongning County, Heilongjiang province.

Black fungus production technology has a new breakthrough, it’s wholesale market achieves national level ; the large production base was also set up so that Dongning becomes the best county about Black fungus production in China. According to statistics, in 2014, Black fungus production reached 1.25 billion bags, and the production of dried mushroom reached 59000 tons, the annual output value reached 3.6 billion CNY. Now Dongning has introduced the

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latest biological breeding technology in order to promote the modernization of edible fungus cultivation and the industry’s sustainable development, It has realized the transformation and upgrading of industry. At the

same time, Dongning is supporting and building two liquid mushroom spawn factories, which could not only meet high quality mushroom spawn requirements in Dongning and surrounding area, but also solve some problems such as mushroom spawn chaos, degeneration and variation.

Meanwhile, Provincial Black fungus quality inspection center has been set up in Dongning, which is beneficial for setting up the supervision mechanism about the quality of Black fungus and develops overall green and pollutionfree Black fungus production.

News in Pictures

HUNDREDS OF MUSHROOM SPECIMENS ARE DISPLAYED AT KALABAKA NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN GREECE

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ccording to foreign media reports, the Greek Kalabaka’s natural history museum opened a 1100 square meters area to display animals and mushroom samples for an extended exhibition. More than 300 kinds of animals and 250 kinds of mushrooms in threedimensional models of different size and color were shown.

The exhibition attracted a large number of foreign tourists.

It is reported that the exhibition designer is a German expert, who together with his aides sculptured these mushrooms. The colors, sizes and shapes were very realistic. Different phases of mushroom growth were depicted, which helped people understand the full picture of the life cycle. The exhibition curator Mr. Pallas said that he hopes this exhibition can attract a variety of age groups, and that it will be viewed as a work of art. (Source: news.in.gr)

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BIOLUMINESCENT MUSHROOMS FOUND IN DARK RAINFORESTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IN USA

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agic mushrooms? They are shining in dark rainforests captured by a photographer in Northern California.

Amazing news comes from a photographer who captured incredible pictures of bioluminescent fungi. There are 65 species of bioluminescent mushrooms. They give out spectacular light throughout the day and night, but the light is certainly more obvious at night.

The photographer devoted himself to capturing glowing mushrooms throughout many countries. He states that of the 85,000 species in mushrooms, only 65 make their own

light. Bioluminescence is caused by a chemical reaction between luciferin (a light-emitting pigment) and the enzyme luciferase. This process occurs not only in mushrooms, but also in animals such as jellyfish and squid. （Source： DailyMail By JONATHAN O’CALLAGHAN FOR MAILONLINE）

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PHOTOVOLTAIC GREENHOUSE INCREASES EDIBLE MUSHROOM PRODUCTION EFFCIENCY IN CHINA

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he national photovoltaic edible mushroom industry technology innovation strategic alliance was found in Qingdao, Shandong province on 29th Dec. The photovoltaic greenhouse was designed uniquely and was commended by the visitors. It was reported that solar power systems were set atop the greenhouse, which produced clean energy. This not only offered daily lighting for the greenhouse, but also fed surplus electricity to the national grid, loving plants such as Semiaquilegia, Aloe and others, were grown on allowing others to use clean energy. Light- the sunny side; and sciophilous plants were grown on the shady side.

The plants grown on the shady side could provide organic fertilizer to the plants grown in the sunny side.

After the harvest of mushrooms, the spent mushroom substrate can provide organic fertilizer to the plants grown on the sunny side.

This not only reduces product cost, but also increases economic and environmental benefits significantly.

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Mushrooms Quotation China Main Varieties of Mushrooms Quotation (Jan. to Feb.,2015) Mushroom Name

Type

Shiitake mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

7.0 CNY-13.0 CNY

8.0 CNY-14.0 CNY

Oyster mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

3.0 CNY- 5.0 CNY

2.0 CNY- 5.0 CNY

Pholiota Nameko

Fresh

400g

3.8 CNY

3.8 CNY

Enoki mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

5.0 CNY-8.0 CNY

8.0 CNY-11.0 CNY

Button mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

King Oyster mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

5.0 CNY-7.4 CNY

7.5 CNY-10.0 CNY

Brown Shimeji

Fresh

150g

2.3 CNY-2.8 CNY

1.9 CNY-2.5 CNY

White Beech mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

15.8 CNY-18.3 CNY 18.0 CNY-20.0 CNY

Seafood mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

10.8 CNY-13.0 CNY 11.0 CNY-14.0 CNY

Pleurotus Nebrodensis

Fresh

1 KG

11.0 CNY-18.0 CNY 15.0 CNY-18.0 CNY

Agrocybe Cylindracea

Fresh

1 KG

8.0 CNY-12.0 CNY

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Standard Price/CNY (Jan.) Price/CNY (Feb.)

10.0 CNY-14.0 CNY 10.0 CNY-17.0 CNY

8.0 CNY-12.0 CNY

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Mushrooms Quotation Mushroom Name

Type

Standard Price/CNY (Jan.) Price/CNY (Feb.)

Pleurotus Cornucopiae

Fresh

1 KG

5.0 CNY-8.0 CNY

6.0 CNY-11.0 CNY

Straw mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

20.0 CNY-24.0 CNY

20.0 CNY

Shaggy Mane

Fresh

1 KG

7.0 CNY-10.0 CNY

9.0 CNY

Panus Giganteus

Fresh

1 KG

20.0 CNY

20.0 CNY

Abaione mushroom

Fresh

1 KG

18.0 CNY

11.0 CNY-13.0 CNY

Shiitake mushroom (Grade A)

Fresh

1 KG

14.0 CNY

14.0 CNY

Cloud Ear fungus

Fresh

1 KG

6.0 CNY-7.0 CNY

5.0 CNY-6.0 CNY

Hericium Erinaceus

Fresh

1 KG

13.0 CNY

15.0 CNY

Broom mushroom

Fresh

150g

2.3 CNY

2.3 CNY

Pleurotus Geesteranus

Fresh

1 KG

10.0 CNY

10.0 CNY

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The Sound of Global Mushroom Industry

America USA: The development of organic mushroom continues rapidly Recently, Bill Litvin who is the vice president of sales for Giorgio Fresh presented that, “the organic mushroom market develops in a rapid rate”. He adds, “according to a shipping report from The Mushroom Council, the sales of organic mushroom increase by 19.3%, and the amounts of those increased by 15.6% in December.”

It is recorded that California was the region that achieved the strongest sales in 2014, and the Great Lakes achieved the strongest amounts. The East Coast of America experienced an increase trend on mushroom sales.

“It is a positive signal for the whole mushroom market”, Litvin said, “we will continue to pay close attention to the sales trend in the next year.”

As the grower and shipper of fresh mushrooms, Giorgio Fresh was keep doing organic mushroom production during the last decade. It acquired the organic mushroom certification on March 11, 2014 which makes it to be one of the largest growers of organic mushroom producer. Litvin presented that “we are proud to produce various organic products for consumers, we also offer different processing products for consumers’ different demands”. Moreover, Giorgio Fresh produce organic mushrooms in their own plantation, productions of them are checked through strict national standards on organic foods. (Source: theproducenews)

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Brazil: A new fungus specie is found in the middle of Amazon According to foreign report, Sousa who is a doctor of National Amazon Research Institute, found a new fungus specie in the middle of Amazon. Sousa had published an article on Phytotaxa magazine, the new fungus specie belongs to Geastraceae. This research is started in 2011, now 11 fungi have entered the record books, including Phallaceae and Geastraceae. Sousa said fungi are the necessary being for ecology system and organic matters nutrient cycling decomposition.

Charles who is an doctor of Research Institution also participated the research. Charles said the research got the unprecedented achievement, Brazil is a biodiversity country, but only has a small part of the fungi specie, which reflects the fungus’ universality and diversity. (Source: Phytotaxa magazine)

USA: Rain brings life to mushroom industry in California

According to a recent report from Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, some regions of California rain continuous after three-year drought. It appears explosion growth of mushrooms on grasslands and hillsides in these regions. Darvin DeShazer of Sonoma Fungi Association said mushrooms like the raindrop fall on the Sonoma. The mushrooms growth in large area bring life to the local mushroom industry.

The mushrooms are picked by people, which are not only sold to the local restaurant and market, but also sold well to Sonama surrounding regions.

(Source: The Santa Rosa PressDemocrat)

The Sound of Global Mushroom Industry

Asia-Pacific Australia: Asia-Pacific is going to be the second edible mushroom market According to a new study report, the global edible mushroom market has been dominated by big enterprises, such as Costa Pty Ltd. from Australia, Phillip Mushroom Farm from America, FINC Biotechnology Co. Ltd from Shanghai, and Bonduelle Fresh Europe Ltd from France. Due to the different cultivation scale of edible mushrooms and the competitive mushroom market, mushroom enterprises try to occupy the edible fungus market by the way of expansion, acquisition, agreement and new products development.

It is predicted by experts that the CAGR (Compounded Annual Growth Rate) of edible mushroom market between 2014 to 2019 will reach the highest point (maybe 10.8%). Besides, Button mushrooms account for over 50% in edible mushroom processing in 2013. It is estimated that Shiitake market is going to be the fastest in the next five years, especially for Button Mushrooms. At present, Europe is the largest global mushroom market. In the near future, Asia-Pacific would turn to be the second mushroom market.

(Source: Foodmagazine)

Vietnam: Ganoderma bonsai are popular among consumers in Hanoi

It is reported that Mr. Ruan from Hanoi is an amateur in bonsai. Based on the Ganoderma cultivation techniques and artistic decoration skills he learned, Mr. Ruan becomes an expert on shaping Ganoderma bonsai. Before the new year eve, the ingenious Ganoderma artworks are very popular among consumers.

Ganderma bonsai is rare in Vietnam, the price of it is different which depends on the amount of branches.

Mostly, the cheapest Ganderma bonsai may cost about 700,000 to one million VND (about 200 to 300 RMB), the highest one may cost over 10 million VND. Currently, Mr. Ruan could sell almost 10 Ganderma bonsai, which shows a trend of wide prospect.

(Source: dantri)

India: Edible mushroom cultivation promotes Indian women to increase income Recently, India NCUL and Japan AZENCHU cooperative hold a training about edible mushroom technical in Bilaspur. Doctor Dinesh said: “this training aims at women of the remote region, helping them to increase income, they could earn 3000-4000 Rubles in one month and even more.”

This idea was made by NCUL, which was supported by Japan AZENCHU cooperative.

NCUL has been to Japan many times to study cultivating techniques of edible mushroom. The product price of NCUL is lower than the market’s, the price keeps within 100-150 Rubles, which is half of market’s price. Doctor Dinesh said that they are very proud that the revolution of cultivating edible mushroom technique is coming. This revolution maybe can redefine this social, and also help the women to become the main members of families income. (Source: Indian cooperative)

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Europe Dutch: Poland: Tremella aurantial- Minichamp's mushroom ba blooms in winter growing kits will be sold in China and the Middle East

It is reported that winter is very cold in Poland, but you can see the well-grown mushrooms (Tremella aurantialba and Black fungus) in the forest and park of Olsztyn city. Tremella aurantialba’s height is about 5 cm, which can be seen clearly far away.

It is known that the fruiting bodies of Tremella aurantialba and Black fungus usually grow in autumn and spring. Tremella aurantialba contains rich fat, protein, phosphorus, sulfur, manganese, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium and other trace elements.

Tremella aurantialba can be used in medicine, and it’s nutritional value is better than other jelly fungi’s (such as White fungus and Black fungus ). It is an ideal senior banquet food and health product. (Source: natura.wm.pl)

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I t i s k n o w n t h a t M i n i c h a m p ’s mushroom growing kits for home-use will soon cross the European borders, and will be sold in China and the Middle East market. People usually buy Minichamp’s kits weekly, which means that the product has reached the top in their market. So they need some new sales territories. Lately, Minichamp company held an Expo in Beijing successfully. During the Expo, they showed the mushroom kits of Agaricus bisporus, Oyster mushroom and Shiitake. Now Minichamp has established good relationship with China. Minichamp’s official said that they have confidence in Chinese customers. It is reported that they will attend the Expo in the Middle East in 2015, and plans to sell the mushroom k its to t h e M i d d l e E a s t m a rk e t .

(Source: freshplaza)

Belgium: Siberg Champignons will enter Japanese mushroom markets R e c e n t l y, P i e t S i b e r g , S i b e r g Champignons Company’s manager expresses that last year was a tough year because of depressed markets.

Their mushroom products were c o n s i s t e n t l y s o l d a t l o w p r i ces .

Besides, when other vegetables become cheap, consumers commonly choose to buy something rather than mushrooms; further, some wholesalers have no choice but to close their company. However, although Siberg Champignons Company has not improved obviously, some solutions have been adopted, and regular customers are satisfied now.

According to Piet, Siberg Champignons has been supplying mushrooms to Lebanon for many years. Next year, the company plans to export mushrooms to Japan. Piet says that Japan is a country with a high demand on mushrooms.

Although there are different standards and requirements, and a radiation r e p o r t i s n e e d e d , t h e p r o j ect o f exporting to Japan is still doable, which will bring more challenges and opportunities for mushroom company.

(Source: freshplaza)

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Others Rwanda: Mushroom cultivation brings happy life

South Africa: Truffle Mushroom was found locally for the first time

Truffle Mushroom is comparable with goose liver and caviar, which can be called “black diamond” in the land.

In nine years, Anderson was consistently on his way to explore Truffle Mushrooms. What makes Anderson surprised was that Truffle Mushrooms were cultivated under about 500 oak trees in his farm. After It is known that Ibyiringiro Kanyinya that, he donated some samples to the cooperative has 25 members, which local mushroom museum. According could produce 400 kilogram fresh to Anderson, it is difficult to master mushrooms per week, the output the artificial mushroom cultivation could reach 1.5 tons. Mushrooms technique. Truffle Mushrooms are produced by this cooperativeare hard to be found by people’s eyes. Due all sold to Kigali farm, which could to this reason, he trained his dog by h e l p t o s a l e a n d p r o c e s s i n g . artificial truffle oil to look for more It is known that a l l m e m b e r s o f Truffle Mushrooms.

Ibyiringiro Kanyinya cooperative It is reported that this is the first time have sold food in the local passenger for Truffle Mushrooms to be found in station before. Then, they loan some South Africa. Meanwhile, it is also an money from OXFAM to cultivate exhilarated news for other countries. mushroom. One of them said that Anderson presented that Truffle cultivating mushroom improves their Mushrooms found in South Africa life, increases their income. They would inspire more people to develop hope more and more Rwandan people the artificial mushroom cultivation will become rich through cultivating technique.(Source: heraldk) mushroom. (Source: allafrica)

International News: Antiviral Protein RC28 was found from mushroom extracts According to a recent report, “International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms”, Antiviral Protein RC28 was extracted from an advanced mushroom called Rozites Caperata.

This Antiviral Protein could prevent the Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1).

The principle is that RC28 could interdict Infected Cell Polypeptide O (ICPO) from the migration of the nucleus to the cytoplasm. The aim of the mushroom Antiviral Protein is to prevent ICPO migrated to the cell membrane, disturb the function of Peroxide Materialized Metabolism of HSV-1.

This discovery is acquired from a joint research by two scientists, one of them is from Madison, The University of Wisconsin, and the other one is from the key laboratory of Jinan University’s ophthalmology in Shenzhen. (Source: begellhouse)

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