Pine mushrooms can be preserved at room temperature. Frozen preservation, can also be sliced and dried preservation. If the outside temperature is relatively low, you can save the pine fungus at room temperature, and put the fresh pine fungus in a cool and ventilated place. You can also clean the pine fungus and put it in the refrigerator for freezing. Or you can wash and slice the fresh pine fungus and dry it in the sun, and store it in plastic wrap.

Pine fungus, also known as pine fungus, is grown in the foot of the pine tree wild edible fungi, fresh pine fungus is yellowish-brown, usually after the annual Chongyang Festival, from the pine tree under the growth of umbrella-shaped, large as the shiitake mushroom. After blanching and stir-frying, the color changes to brownish red. Its cooking methods are mainly stewed, stir-fried and other two.

Pine mushrooms grow in the roots of pine trees, not every season, its main growth period is spring and fall, that time the mushroom is tender and fresh, but freshly harvested mushrooms have a lot of small worms, the first to tear off the surface layer of the membrane coat, after washing must be soaked in salt water for three or four hours, and then can be placed in the pot.

The pine fungus is obviously dirtier than the shiitake mushrooms that grow on tree trunks because of their growth environment on the ground at the foot of pine trees. Fresh pine mushrooms need to be cleaned of attached pine needles, washed and blanched before cooking. Do not be too vigorous when rinsing pine mushrooms, use your hands to gently scrub and rinse.