Mushroom Types and a Detailed Look at 2019 Shiitake Mushroom Prices
Mushrooms are a seasonal food of autumn and winter. In this season, mushrooms frequently appear on our dining tables. Mushrooms are found all over the world, with a great many species, as many as 36,000 species. So, what types of mushrooms are there? How much was shiitake mushroom price per jin in 2019?
1. What types of mushrooms are there?
The button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), known as the “world mushroom”, can be sold fresh, canned or salted, and its mycelium is also used as a raw material for pharmaceuticals. The shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes), the world's second-largest edible fungus and one of China's local specialties, has long been known among the people as a “mountain treasure”. The common gray edible mushroom oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus), also known as the side ear, the rough-skinned side ear, the oyster mushroom, and so on. The enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), named for its slender stipe that resembles day lily buds. The shaggy mane mushroom (Coprinus comatus), hailed as the “new star among fungi” and also known as the shaggy ink cap, the chicken-leg mushroom, the spiny-haired mushroom, and so on. The lion's mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus), a traditionally prestigious Chinese dish known as the “meat of vegetarian food”. The tea tree mushroom (Agrocybe aegerita), named because it grows wild on the dead trunks of oil tea trees. The king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii), an edible mushroom that grows in the European Mediterranean region, the Middle East and North Africa, and parts of Asia. The red mushroom (Russula vinosa), a natural green food and a delicacy among fungi. The wine-cap stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata), one of the top ten mushrooms on the international mushroom trade market. The wine-cap stropharia has the name “meat of vegetarian food”. The crab-flavor mushroom (Hypsizygus marmoreus), an excellent edible fungus of the northern temperate zone. The white jade mushroom (Leucopaxillus giganteus), a rare edible fungus also known as the snow-white mushroom, a fungus of the genus Leucopaxillus in the family Tricholomataceae of the order Agaricales.
2. How much was shiitake mushroom price per jin in 2019?
According to the Edible Fungi Business Network, at the Shandong Huangshan Vegetable and Fruit Wholesale Market, fresh grade-three shiitake mushrooms were 8.00 yuan per jin. At the Guangdong Baiyun District Zengcha Road Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market in Guangzhou, grade-three shiitake mushrooms were 8.00 yuan per jin. At the Jiangsu Suzhou Nanhuanqiao Agricultural Wholesale Market, log-grown shiitake mushrooms were 14.00 yuan per jin. At the Jilin Changchun Vegetable Wholesale Market, standard-grade shiitake mushrooms were 11.00 yuan per jin. At the Beijing Fengtai Agricultural Products Central Wholesale Market, standard-grade shiitake mushrooms were 9.00 yuan per jin. At the Shandong Linyi Luozhuang Vegetable Wholesale Market, grade-two shiitake mushrooms were 11.00 yuan per jin. At the Fujian Gutian Dachuang Food Firm, dried standard-grade shiitake mushrooms were 72.00 yuan per jin. At the Hubei Wuhan Duoluokou Large Market, dried grade-three shiitake mushrooms were 56.00 yuan per jin. At the Sichuan Chengdu Wukuaishi Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market, dried standard-grade shiitake mushrooms were 68 yuan per jin.
According to the National Agricultural Products Business Information Public Service Platform, at the Beijing Fengtai District Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, shiitake mushrooms were 7 yuan/kg. At the Beijing Tongzhou Baliqiao Agricultural Products Center Wholesale Market, shiitake mushrooms were 9 yuan/kg. At the Beijing Rishang Comprehensive Commodity Wholesale Market, shiitake mushrooms were 9 yuan/kg. At the Beijing Rishang Comprehensive Commodity Wholesale Market, shiitake mushrooms were 8 yuan/kg. At the Tianjin Dongli District Jinzhong Vegetable Market, shiitake mushrooms were 14 yuan/kg. At the Tianjin Xiqing District Dangcheng Vegetable Wholesale Market, shiitake mushrooms were 9.8 yuan/kg. At the Tianjin Hezhuangzi Wholesale Market, shiitake mushrooms were 9 yuan/kg. At the Shijiazhuang Qiaoxi Vegetable Center Wholesale Market, shiitake mushrooms were 9 yuan/kg.
According to Huinong Network, in Zuoquan County, Jinzhong, Shanxi, mushroom 0912, 5.0-6.0 cm, grade-two, was priced at 12.00 yuan/jin, with a minimum order of 8 jin. In Biyang County, Zhumadian, Henan, ordinary dried shiitake mushrooms, bulk, 1 year, were priced at 25.00 yuan/jin, with a minimum order of 10 jin. In Shangnan County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, ordinary shiitake mushrooms, bulk, 1 year, were priced at 29.00 yuan/jin, with a minimum order of 500 jin. In Maojian District, Shiyan, Hubei, shiitake mushroom 9608, 3.5-4.0 cm, grade-one, was priced at 5.50 yuan/jin, with a minimum order of 500 jin. In Fengrun District, Tangshan, Hebei, shiitake mushroom spawn was priced at 8.00 yuan/jin, with a minimum order of 2,000 jin. In Zengdu District, Suizhou, Hubei, Suizhou shiitake mushrooms, 4 cm-6 cm, fresh shiitake mushrooms, were priced at 6.00 yuan/jin, with a minimum order of 100 jin.
The above is the answer to the question “What types of mushrooms are there? How much was shiitake mushroom price per jin in 2019?” I hope it can help you.