The cultivation history is nearly 20 years. It originated in Japan and was cultivated in bottles with
fermented sawdust. Later, it was introduced to China. The bag cultivation mode of white jade mushroom
started with seafood mushroom. At that time, the varieties used in seafood mushroom were quite different
from the existing main cultivated varieties. Its stipes were thick and white, and the caps were not easy to open,
but it was easy to grow "tumor mushrooms". The stipe fibers were relatively more. Therefore, in recent years,
the white jade mushrooms in the bag cultivation mode have gradually been replaced by the varieties originally
used for bottle cultivation. Chinese scientific research institutions and enterprises have cooperated to select and
breed high-quality varieties, and achieved remarkable results. Some enterprises have adopted domestically produced
varieties for production.
The factory cultivation of shimeji mushrooms in China was initially cultivated in bottles, mainly oyster mushrooms
and white jade mushrooms. Oyster mushrooms are easy to cultivate and have high yields, so they were planted
more in the early stage. However, with the changes in technology and market demand, the total amount of white
jade mushrooms exceeded that of oyster mushrooms. Now the main shimeji mushrooms cultivated in bags are white
jade mushrooms, and oyster mushrooms have a small market share. There are two cultivation modes of white jade
mushrooms in China: bag cultivation and bottle cultivation.