AGARICS WITH WHITE SPORES 



The fungus has been cultivated in this 

 manner for several centuries. It is sold as 

 fresh product and is also preserved for the 

 export trade. It is said that China offers 

 a good market for dried mushrooms shipped 

 both from Japan and New Zealand. The 

 Japanese '^Shiitake" is likewise cultivated 

 to some extent in China, where it is known as 

 Hoang-Mo. The writer secured through 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry some tins of 

 spawn of the Japanese Shiitake, but no ex- 

 perimental work worthy of mention has as 

 yet been done in this country. The spawn 

 seems to be prepared by growing the my- 

 celium in the wood of Carpinus and then 

 chipping or grinding this so that it can be 

 readily inserted into the small holes made in 

 the poles. 



In addition to the Shiitake there occurs 

 another species of Cortinellus, C. edodes. 

 This species, however, is found on the 

 ground, and while of much the same flavor 

 as the more important one, it has not 

 yet been cultivated extensively. The last 



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