Biological Characteristics and Cultivation of the Wild Edible Mushroom Pleurotus dryinus

The biological characteristics and domestication cultivation of Pleurotus dryinus were studied by single factor test and orthogonal test using the wild strains of P. dryinus from Horqin Left-wing Back Banner of Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. According to these experiments, the optimal medium for mycelial growth was obtained. Namely, D (+)–maltose, NaNO_3, K_2HPO_4 and straw. Based on the single factor experiment of temperature and pH, 22˚C and pH9 were suggested that good growth of mushrooms. In the domestication experiments of P. dryinus, the phases of pre-culture spawn, of manufacturing cultural bags, of spawn running, of inducement to primordium, of fruiting period management, of collected periods were studied.