Volvariella volvacea is a popular variety among people because of its distinct flavor, pleasant tastes, higher protein content and shorter cropping duration compared to other cultivated mushrooms. It is also the most expensive mushroom in artificial mushrooms. With the development of economy and the industrialization of Edible Fungi, more and more straw mushroom was grown in northern China, southern mushroom began move to northern. In this study, the author, based on many years of cultivation experience, summarizes the high yield cultivating techniques of Volvariella volvacea. Volvariella volvacea cultivation consists of five steps, the five steps are composting, pasteurization, spawning, pining and harvesting.

• Li Zhengpeng Chen Mjingjie(Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Edible Fungi, National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China)