How to choose high-quality dried shiitake mushrooms

First of all, we need to know how the grades of shiitake mushrooms are divided before we can talk about selecting them.

Let me first tell you about some famous mushroom growing towns in China. Nowadays, coastal shiitake mushrooms account for half of the domestic market. Zhejiang and Fujian are very famous for their mushrooms. There are also shiitake mushrooms from Hubei and Henan. Due to the climate characteristics of the shiitake mushrooms in coastal areas, there are more black mushrooms, less heavy shiitake mushrooms, less thick ones, and fewer flower mushrooms. Inland shiitake mushrooms have a longer low-temperature period, are thicker, and have more flower mushrooms. Secondly, mushroom merchants along the coast have a very good business vision and have started brand building and promotion very early. On the other hand, inland mushroom merchants work on their own, making wedding dresses for others. Shiitake mushrooms mostly go wholesale, go to Guangzhou, and go abroad. Therefore, the current brands, products, packaging and promotion of coastal mushrooms are very distinctive.

The grades of shiitake mushrooms, from high to low, are: flower mushrooms, black-faced mushrooms, and sliced ??mushrooms. Among them, there are more flower mushrooms. They are divided into white mushrooms, common white mushrooms and camellia mushrooms. You can check on Taobao or Baidu to see which brand of mushrooms is the most expensive. So in the future, please stop spreading lies and saying that shiitake mushrooms are black-faced!

The way mushrooms are grown also makes them worth different things.

Everyone respects nature, likes the original ecology, and likes wildness. Therefore, wild mushrooms have the highest price. In fact, the yield and quality of wild shiitake mushrooms cannot be guaranteed.

The second is shiitake mushrooms grown from deciduous trees. This planting method involves sawing the trees into tubes, sowing the mushroom spawn, and waiting for it to grow naturally. The whole process is done in the forest. There are also farmers who are worried that their mushrooms will be stolen, so they move the mushroom tubes to the foot of the mountain near their homes for management. However, shiitake mushrooms can only be produced abundantly in forests with big trees at the top of mountains that provide sunlight, ventilation, and exposure to the sun. This kind of shiitake mushroom is called log shiitake mushroom, also called Duanmu shiitake mushroom, also called wood shiitake mushroom. It is the most precious mushroom in the current real market.

The next step is bagged mushrooms. This is currently the most common planting method. Bag material Shiitake mushrooms are divided into two types. According to the different culture materials, they are divided into wood bag material and straw bag material. Wood bag material, as the name suggests, is to crush trees and put them in plastic bags to make mushroom sticks, and then sow mushroom strains. When the fungus sticks are mature, set up a scaffolding at the door of your home and then display and manage them on the scaffolding. Waiting to grow. Most of the bagged mushrooms along the coast are grown directly on the land, which is also a special feature. This method can ensure that the mushrooms absorb as much water as possible during growth and grow fast and large. The disadvantage is that the mushrooms produced are prone to sand.

Secondly, according to the use of shiitake mushrooms, they are divided into water mushrooms and dried mushrooms. What we have discussed above is the production of dried mushrooms. There is a bag of shiitake mushrooms specially used to produce fresh mushrooms. This kind of shiitake mushrooms are also grown directly on the land. Unlike the coastal ones, the inland water mushrooms are not dried. Because it grows fast and has enough water, it has a dark complexion. The finished product is light and thin after drying.

Have you understood what I said here?

No matter which way you grow it, shiitake mushrooms have their own levels in the world.

? Here I take out some photos of my mushroom grades to share with you.