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Golden Oyster Mushrooms –The Outcome of Students’ Cultivation DIY Experience
Golden Oyster Mushrooms –The Outcome of Students’ Cultivation DIY Experience
Golden Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus citrinopileatus)
Golden oyster mushrooms, also known as pleurotus citrinopileatus, is a kind of fungi. They look like corals, from where they derive the name of coral mushrooms in Chinese. The caps of golden oyster mushrooms range from yellow to bright yellow; their surfaces smooth, their shapes funnel-like, their edges intorted and their stalks eccentric. Golden oyster mushrooms are also a kind of medicinal shiitake because they abound in protein, many kinds of vitamins and so forth, namely that they are both delicious and healthy. In Mainland China, golden oyster mushrooms have been listed as one of the tenth valuable mushrooms.
Golden oyster mushrooms, also known as pleurotus citrinopileatus, is a kind of fungi. They look like corals, from where they derive the name of coral mushrooms in Chinese. The caps of golden oyster mushrooms range from yellow to bright yellow; their surfaces smooth, their shapes funnel-like, their edges intorted and their stalks eccentric. Golden oyster mushrooms are also a kind of medicinal shiitake because they abound in protein, many kinds of vitamins and so forth, namely that they are both delicious and healthy. In Mainland China, golden oyster mushrooms have been listed as one of the tenth valuable mushrooms.
Golden oyster mushrooms are viable in a wide range of conditions, for instance, their hyphae can survive and grow in temperature extending from 20 to 32 Celsius and in the condition of Ph6. They are suitable for cultivation on any plain in Taiwan and in any season. Currently, one can find their traces in the south of Miaoli.
Hotpot, Stir-fried Golden Oyster Mushrooms with XO Sauce, Stir-fried Golden Oyster Mushrooms with Basil-flavored Oyster Sauce
Currently, growing golden oyster DIY at home or on the farm is popular. Consumers can buy shiitake bags containing golden oyster mushrooms’ spores. Water them and wait for them to grow. It takes 3 to 6 days for them to grow and then they can be harvested and made into dishes. When harvesting, do not leave any mushroom behind for they will rot if you do so. 1 to 2 days after the harvest, you can water them again for them to regrow mushrooms. One bag can be reused more than 4 times, with the interval of 10 to 15 days each time. Lastly, you can pour the content of shiitake bags in the soil as fertilizer.
Data Compilation : Tsun Shang Vanguard
Photos : Taken/ Edited by Tsun Shang Vanguard
References :
1. JustGood Just Mushrooms
http://www.justgood.tw/front/bin/ptdetail.phtml?Part=P001&Rcg=193
2. Commonly-Used Food Specifications Database of Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises
http://www.fooddb.com.hk/chi_fruit.php?id=39&type=6
3. National Museum of Natural Science
