Special mushroom are classified by the USDA as any non-Agaricus species (button, crimini, portabella). The most common mushrooms are shiitake (Lentinula edodes) and oyster (Pleuterous ostreatus), representing the second and third most widely produced mushrooms in the United States (USDA-NASS, 2018).

The mushroom specialty industry is still very young in the United States. Shiitake mushrooms were the shroom bros special mushroom grown for commercial purposes in the United States. They were first planted with hard oak wood timber was also sold in supermarkets in the 1980's.

Prior to this time

• Only one species of Agaricus bisporus was cultivated and
• Sold to the public. One of the leading exotic mushrooms in the United States
• Was Ostrom Farm in the state of Washington. With the help of a Japanese scientist,
• They began producing oysters from grass, shiitakes from logs, and Enoch made bottles.

The roots of US mushroom production were reconnected in the late 60's and early 70's, when the number of people growing psilocybe mushrooms at home was growing rapidly. A few books, Psilocybin: The Magic Mushroom Grower’s

Guide, published in 1975 and 8 years later Mushroom Cultivator opened the door to many special mushroom growers. Gradually, such items as flow hoods, pressure stoves, and the necessary information were obtained from those who could grow special mushrooms. In the 2000s with the continued growth of the local agricultural organization, small mushroom farms began to emerge across the country. Now in 2019, more than 300 small-scale mushroom farms found nationwide grow anywhere from 20 pounds to thousands of pounds per week.

Mushroom cultivation

Has recently taken place in the evolution of human agriculture. In Asia, mushrooms were first cultivated in the 12th century. Wu San Kwung is revered as the world's first Shiitake farmer. Somehow, he found that chopping wood and cutting bark encouraged the yield of shiitake mushrooms. The most ineffective seed-based planting methods were used until the mid-1940's.

At this point people began to use the culture of pure tissue, mycelium in the wood area, to inject wood. This rapidly expanded the shiitake industry in Japan. At the same time, planting of sawdust was reported as a means of testing species. It was not until the 1970s that the production of sawdust block was used commercially. This means that the way to plant special mushroom mushrooms around the world has been around for about 50 years! It is not surprising that there is so much to learn and improve on.

Demand for special

Mushrooms is growing rapidly, as consumers seek to buy more healthy, nutritious, and shroom bros foods. The US consumption per capita for all mushroom species was only 0.69 lbs. in 1978, but in 1999, an average of 4 lbs. Per capita.

Based on a recent analysis, annual mushroom consumption is highest in the suburban area (4.3 lbs. Per person) and then the largest city (3.3 lbs. Per capita), and highest among Asians (6.1 lbs. Per capita) and non- Hispanic white (3.0 lbs per capita) communities. Consumption is also positively associated with income (Lucier et al., 2003).