According to the market price, a catty of velvet antler mushroom is 24.8 yuan, and the price of Hericium erinaceus is about 180. Hericium erinaceus is more expensive than velvet antler mushroom 100 yuan a catty, which is rich in nutritional value and can be used as medicine.

Hericium erinaceus (bull. )Pers。 It is a fungus belonging to Hericium. The fruiting body is medium or large, with a diameter of 3.5- 10(30) cm, fleshy, head-shaped or inverted oval, resembling the head of a monkey, hence the name "Hericium erinaceus". Velvet antler mushroom is a delicious edible fungus. Its scientific name is coral mushroom. Its fruiting body stands upright and branches upward into clustered branchlets. Fleshy, usually a few centimeters high to 10 cm. It looks like broom or coral, but also like young velvet, hence the name.