Maitake, a rare mushroom named after its flower name, is extremely precious for medicinal and food purposes, and is known as the "king of mushrooms". The fruit body of Maitake is fleshy, with short stalks and coral-like branches, overlapping into clumps. Its appearance is graceful and multi-layered like a chrysanthemum; its smell and fragrance are overflowing, refreshing; its meat is crispy and refreshing, and it is never tired of eating. It has good health care effect and high medicinal value.
Maitake originated from abroad, and the first Maitake was mainly distributed in some countries in Japan, North America and Europe. Later, domestic scientific research units carried out introduction, domestication and experimental cultivation to promote production. At present, Maitake has been promoted to Zhejiang, Fujian, Hebei, Henan, Sichuan, Heilongjiang and other places in China. Qingyuan in Zhejiang Province and Qianxi in Hebei Province are the main domestic large-scale production areas.
Qingyuan County, Zhejiang Province, is the first region in my country to successfully domesticate and cultivate Maitake. It has a history of more than 30 years.
The terrain of Qingyuan County belongs to the middle mountainous area of southwest Zhejiang, with valleys, basins, hills, low mountains, Zhongshan and other landforms. The terrain slopes from northeast to southwest. The terrain is dominated by hills, high mountains, dense forests, rich vegetation, abundant water and light resources, and forest coverage as high as 80%. It is a "natural oxygen bar" and is known as the "first county in China's ecological environment".
The temperature in the east and north of Qingyuan County is lower than that in the southwest and central, the frost-free period is short, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. The unique natural environment is very suitable for the growth of Maitake and other fungi,
The fine natural environment makes all kinds of mushrooms of high quality and high nutritional value, so Qingyuan is also known as the "hometown of mushrooms".
Qingyuan County is also the birthplace of artificially cultivated mushrooms in the world. According to legend, in the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1130), a farmer, Wu Sangong, who was born in Longyan Village, Qingyuan County, invented the "log-cutting method" method of cultivating shiitake mushrooms, which has been secretly passed on among Qingyuan mushroom farmers for more than 800 years. Ceaselessly. Excellent cultivation methods are the guarantee of the quality of Qingyuan mushrooms, especially Maitake, which has excellent varieties and is exported to many countries or regions and is well-known in the world.
Huangtian Town in Qingyuan is a paradise where Maitake grows. Huangtian Town has also developed the "imitate wild" cultivation technology to improve the product quality of Maitake, and has become a key production area for the cultivation of Maitake in my country. In 2009, Huangtian Town, Qingyuan County was officially awarded the honorary title of "Hometown of Maitake" by China Edible Fungus Association.
Qingyuan Maitake is a national agricultural product protected by geographical indications. The agricultural products protected by geographical indications are equivalent to having the noble “identity” recognized by the state, which is the highest affirmation of the quality of agricultural products.
The meat of Qingyuan Maitake is soft, crisp and delicious, tastes like chicken shreds, crisp like magnolia, and has the scent of pine mushrooms. It can be cooked into a variety of dishes; the fruit body is rich in nutrients, rich in protein, iron, selenium, and vitamin B1. Vitamin B2, vitamin E, amino acids, and contains β-glucan-based Maitake polysaccharide and other active ingredients, which can improve human immune function, prevent diabetes and anti-tumor.
