Weibo mushroom, also known as weibo side ear, weibo mushroom, belongs to the subphylum of tambourine fungi, umbrella fungus order side ear family side ear genus, is a representative of the arid grassland mushrooms. Because of its tender and delicious fruiting entities, rich flavor, the prairie porcini fungi known as; and because of its anti-accumulation, insecticide, treatment of meat accumulation, lumps, malaria, noma and other medicinal effects, the local people known as the Tianshan Mountain God mushroom and the western sky white ganoderma lucidum. Later on, due to overpicking and trampling by livestock, natural resources were seriously damaged, and the wild Wei mushrooms decreased year by year. Wild Wei mushrooms are mainly distributed in Yili, Tacheng, and Altay regions in the desert area of Geer Basin of Xinjiang, among which the Wei mushrooms in Qinghe County of Altay region have the highest popularity. Because the wild Wei mushrooms are only produced in certain seasons, the production is small, and the picking is difficult, the Wei mushrooms on the market now are mainly cultivated artificially.

In 1983, the Xinjiang Biological Desert Soil Research Institute domesticated and cultivated the Wei mushroom, and in 1990 selected and bred high-yield strains, which were popularized in Xinjiang, Fujian and other provinces and regions. Xinjiang Mubi edible mushroom development center almost at the same time also domesticated cultivation of this mushroom, and developed the god mushroom tonic wine and other products. 1996, Mubi edible mushroom development center of Zhao handle and Beijing unit cooperation in Beijing Tongzhou district for a larger scale production, with "white mushroom" as the name of the commodity into the Beijing market and foreign trade market. The commercial value of Wei Mushroom is quite high. The commercial value of Wei mushrooms is quite high, and only a small amount of dried products were supplied in the past, and the price in the international market was often 3 to 5 times higher than that of shiitake and enoki mushrooms. The introduction of artificially cultivated Wei mushrooms coincided with the Asian financial crisis, and export sales were less than satisfactory, but are expected to improve soon as the economy recovers. The market potential for fresh sales under artificial cultivation conditions is very considerable, and the domestic market has to be further developed.