Pan 'an is a pure mountain county with nine mountains, half water and half fields. It is the hometown of mushrooms in China and the advanced county of edible fungi industry in China.

In recent years, the production of edible and medicinal fungi in Pan 'an has developed rapidly. There are edible and medicinal fungi such as mushroom, flower mushroom, auricularia auricula, Flammulina velutipes, Pleurotus ostreatus, Hericium erinaceus, Volvariella volvacea, Lentinus edodes, Grifola frondosa, Coprinus comatus, Dictyophora dictyophora, Ganoderma lucidum, Gastrodia elata, Poria, etc. 14. Especially the production of Lentinus edodes, since 1987 was successfully planted in the county, the scale production of Lentinus edodes has doubled. The output of shiitake mushrooms in the county has been stable at more than 50 million bags, with an output of more than 50,000 tons, with an output value of more than1.800 million yuan, driving the per capita income of farmers in the county to increase by more than 500 yuan. 1995 was awarded the honorary title of "hometown of mushrooms in China" by the organizing committee of the first batch of 100 naming publicity activities of China characteristic towns. Mushroom production has become a major pillar of rural economy in our county, a major feature of agriculture in our county, and a major way for farmers in our county to get rid of poverty and run towards a well-off society.

Pan 'an Lentinus edodes has a uniform individual, mellow aroma and delicious taste, and is known as "the best among mushrooms". It enjoys a high reputation in Japan and China. There is a saying among Japanese businessmen that "China mushrooms come from Zhejiang and Zhejiang mushrooms count as Pan 'an". Pan Feng brand shiitake mushrooms in our county were rated as high-quality products by the Ministry of Commerce, named as "Zhejiang Famous Agricultural Products" by the provincial government, and won the provincial gold medal for high-quality agricultural products. Pan 'an is famous for exporting fresh mushrooms at home and abroad, with an annual export volume of more than 6,000 tons, accounting for one third of the country's fresh mushroom exports, ranking first in the country, mainly exported to Japan, the United States, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan Province Province, Singapore and other countries and regions in Europe, America and Southeast Asia. Pan 'an cold water fresh mushroom trading market is the largest fresh mushroom trading market in China, with an annual turnover of 65.438+0.83 million tons and a turnover of 65.438+0.08 billion yuan. Now, fresh mushrooms picked by Pan 'an mushroom farmers in the morning, after being refrigerated, can appear in supermarkets in Japan through flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport that afternoon.

Pan 'an mushroom production is market-oriented, relying on science and technology, paying attention to serialization services, and constantly promoting the industrialization process. By optimizing the structure of Lentinus edodes, developing middle-and high-grade varieties mainly with flower mushroom and high-temperature mushroom, reforming the cultivation mode and popularizing three-dimensional cultivation, the intensive level was improved, and the production and balanced supply of Lentinus edodes in spring, summer, autumn and winter were realized. The mushroom production in Pan 'an has basically formed an industrialization pattern with more than 20 processing and sales enterprises such as Edible Fungi Corporation as the leader and six professional markets such as cold water mushroom market, mushroom professional association and counselors as the link, which drives the production of 10,000 mushroom farmers in the county, that is, the market drives the leader, the leader drives the base, and the base connects the production, supply and sales of farmers, so that our county has maintained a good production and sales momentum for several consecutive years. At the same time, it also attracted mushrooms from Lishui, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places to Pan 'an, making our county an important fresh mushroom distribution center in China. At present, Pan 'an County is not only the main mushroom producing area in China, but also the main circulation county and export county of China, and the fragrance of mushrooms is constant all year round.