Expecting the Meeting of Brown and White 'Neutimangadak Mushroom'

Agricultural Technology Institute Files Patent for White Strain Compatible with Brown Zelkova Single-Strand Mushroom Co-Cultivation
Expecting to Pioneer Niche Consumer Market with Increased Cultivation Efficiency and Visually Superior Products

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced on the 20th that they have developed and completed a patent application for a white Hypsizygus marmoreus strain and cultivation technology that can be jointly cultivated with brown Hypsizygus marmoreus in a single container.

Hypsizygus marmoreus (Peck) H. E. Bigel., first cultivated in the late 1980s and stably produced and sold in the early 2000s, has an annual transaction volume of about 2,121 tons, worth approximately 6 billion KRW (based on 2018 domestic agricultural wholesale market transactions), with the volume increasing every year.

From a nutritional perspective, Hypsizygus marmoreus contains a high amount of glutamic acid, which is a flavor component, and its main functional components such as hypsin exhibit antifungal activity and antitumor effects. Additionally, hypsiziprenol A9 and mushroom polysaccharides have been reported to have anticancer effects.

Currently, in the domestic consumer market distribution of Hypsizygus marmoreus, brown and white strains are cultivated independently, then separately packaged and sold, and there is no mixed form cultivated jointly.

For brown and white Hypsizygus marmoreus to be simultaneously cultivated in one container, there must be no genetic inhibition between the strains during growth, and the cultivation periods must be synchronized, among other preliminary challenges that need to be addressed.

After research on Hypsizygus marmoreus, the provincial agricultural research institute developed a white Hypsizygus marmoreus strain and cultivation technology that can produce both brown and white Hypsizygus marmoreus simultaneously in one container using the existing brown Hypsizygus marmoreus cultivar, and completed the patent application.

Researcher Kim Min-geun of the provincial agricultural research institute said, “With the development of a white Hypsizygus marmoreus strain and technology that can produce brown and white mushrooms simultaneously in a cultivation container, not only will cultivation efficiency increase, but visually superior marketability will be achieved, making it possible to pioneer niche consumer markets for Hypsizygus marmoreus.”

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