The enoki mushroom is the substrate of the fungus, Agaricus blazei, a wild edible and medicinal fungus native to the coniferous forests of northern China. China began artificial cultivation in the Tang Dynasty, more than 1,000 years ago. Golden needle mushroom does not contain chlorophyll, does not have photosynthesis, can not manufacture carbohydrates, but can be completely grown in the dark environment, must be absorbed from the medium of readily available organic material, such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats degradation, for the saprophytic nutrient type, is a kind of heterotrophic organisms, belongs to the class of tambourine fungi. The golden needle mushroom is a wood-rotting bacteria, easy to grow in willow, elm, aspen and other broad-leaved trees, dead tree trunks and stumps.

Morphological Characteristics

The golden needle mushroom consists of two major parts: the nutritive organ (mycelium) and the reproductive organ (fruiting body).

1, mycelium from the spore germination, in artificial culture conditions, the mycelium is usually white fluffy, with septum and branching, a lot of mycelium gathered together into the mycelium. This is different from other edible fungi, when the mycelium grows to a certain stage will form a large number of single-celled powdered spores (also called conidia), in the appropriate conditions can be sprouted into mononucleate or binucleate mycelium. Some people in the experiment found that the number of powdered spores in the mycelium stage of the golden mushroom is related to the quality of the golden mushroom, the quality of strains with more powdered spores are poor, and the base of the stipe is darker in color.

2. The main function of the substrate is to produce spores and reproduce offspring. The substrate of golden needle mushroom consists of three parts: cap, gill and stipe, most of which grow in bundles with soft and elastic flesh. The cap is spherical or flat hemispherical, 1.5-7 centimeters in diameter, spherical when young, gradually spreading, excessively mature when the edge of the folded upward rolled. There is a thin gelatinous layer on the surface of the cap, sticky when wet, yellowish-white to yellowish-brown in color, the flesh of the mushroom is white, thick in the center, thin at the edge, the hyphae are white or ivory, sparse, varying in length, and the stipe is free or curved. Mycopodium central, hollow cylindrical, slightly curved, 3.5-15 cm long, 0.3-1.5 cm in diameter, the base of the mycopodium is connected, the upper part is fleshy (there are books that say that the mycopodium is fibrous, gelatinous), the lower part is leathery, the surface is densely covered with black-brown short downy hairs, stramenospores are born in the mycophora layer of the mycophora folds, the spores are cylindrical, colorless.