Bamboo fungus, also known as bamboo fungus and bamboo ginseng, is a kind of fungus plant that some people have seen and even eaten. There are four main types of edible bamboo fungus on the market today: long-skirt bamboo fungus, short-skirt bamboo fungus, spiny bamboo fungus and red bamboo fungus, but each type has a different growing environment. At present, bamboo fungus is not only eaten, but also ground into bamboo fungus powder to make porridge or various kinds of pastries, and it is also widely used for medicinal purposes. Nowadays, many people use bamboo fungus powder with matsutake mushroom powder to make matsutake mushroom and bamboo fungus porridge, which has high nutritional value.

Introduction of Bamboo Fungus

Bamboo Fungus is known as "the flower of the fungus", "queen of the fungus", it has a dark green cap, snow-white cylindrical body, pink egg-shaped fungus, under the cap there is a white mesh skirt, which is very much like the legend "Bamboo Fungus", which is the most popular fungus in the world. It is like the legendary "Snow White". Bamboo fungus is a putrefactive fungus that decomposes decaying plants as a source of nutrition. Because of its rich nutrition and delicious flavor, bamboo fungus has been listed as one of the "eight treasures of grass" since ancient times. According to relevant reports, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has issued Announcement No. 112 of 2016, approving Changning Bamboo Fungus as a National Geographical Indication Protected Product, which shows the nutritional value and preciousness of bamboo fungus.

Origin of bamboo fungus growth

Bamboo fungus is cultivated in many countries in the world, for example, it is distributed in Japan, India, Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and East Africa. The main distribution range of China is also very wide, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan and Taiwan and other provinces and regions, but the varieties of bamboo fungus planted in different places are not exactly the same, long-skirt bamboo fungus is mostly produced in high temperature and high humidity areas, favoring the south and other places, while the short-skirt bamboo fungus grows in warm and humid environments, favoring the north-central part of China and other places.

Growing environment of bamboo fungus

Temperature requirement: Bamboo fungus is suitable for medium temperature, the temperature should not be too high or too low. Below 16℃ or above 36℃, the growth of bamboo fungus will be slow and even shriveled or deformed.

Humidity requirements: Bamboo fungus requires high humidity conditions, if the moisture is lower than less than 30%, it will be dormant, withered or even die, the most suitable moisture content is 60% to 70%.

Air: Bamboo fungus is suitable to grow in a place with sufficient oxygen, insufficient oxygen will lead to slow growth and deformity of the mycelium, and if the oxygen is any less, it will lead to death.

Light requirements: Bamboo fungus growth has low light requirements, if the light is sufficient it will lead to slow growth of the plant, but if it is too weak, it will also affect its growth.

pH requirement: Bamboo fungus is suitable to grow in an acidic living environment, the pH value should not be greater than 7.5, otherwise it will also affect the growth of the plant.

Soil: Bamboo fungus can still grow without soil in the mycelium growth stage, but if there is no soil in the flowering and fruiting stage, it will be difficult to form the balls of bamboo fungus, so mulching in this stage is very important.

After saying so much, doesn't it feel that growing bamboo fungus is too difficult and troublesome, but thinking about these nutritional values below, you will think that all the effort is worthwhile and there is a reason for it.

Bamboo fungus has high nutritional value, rich in crude protein, crude fiber, carbohydrates, etc., to reduce the accumulation of fat and prevent constipation, play a role in lowering blood pressure, lowering lipids; there are also a variety of vitamins and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, etc., of which the glutamic acid content of 1.76%, is the main reason for the taste of the bamboo fungus, which can be used to nourish and strengthen the brain, the benefits of the brain, to complement the human body, and to enhance the human body's nutritional value. Necessary nutrients, improve the body's immune ability; also, modern medical research has also proved that bamboo fungus contains tumor inhibiting ingredients, play a tumor prevention and treatment effects. I know that many fungus plants have a certain preventive and inhibitory effect on tumors, but which components of bamboo fungus have the effect of inhibiting tumors, this still needs to be proved, interested friends can go to check the relevant information or ask the doctor can also be oh!

Healthy reminder: bamboo fungus is a cool food, in the spleen and stomach weak, cool nature of the body to be cautious to eat less, it is best to eat with warm food, can play a good role in reconciling. At the same time in daily life is not all the bamboo fungus can be eaten, in addition to the above mentioned four kinds of edible fungi, if you come across other eating, be sure to find the relevant person to check before eating, so as to avoid poisoning.