Characteristics and breeding of a new variety Pleurotus eryngii, Saegonji

We bred a new strain of Pleurotus eryngii having few number of fruit body per bottle. It`s name is `Saegonji` and it was bred by mating monokaryotic strain isolated from E12-176 and monokaryotic strain `aerini No.3` in Mushroom Research Institute, Gyonggi province A.R.E.S. The characteristics of a new strain `Saegonji` are as follows. The optimum temperature for mycelium growth was from 23 to on PDA medium and those for the primodium formation and the growth of fruit body were about . The period from spawn innoculation to harvesting required around 51 days at . The number of fruit body per bottle was 12.8 and it was 9.3 less than `Keunneutari No.2`. The length was 135.8 mm. It was longer than `Keunneutari No.2`, The color of cap was white grey, while that of `Keunneutari No.2` was grey. The yield was about 159 g per bottle(1100cc) and it was same as Keunneutari No.2.