Characteristics of a new variety 『Gonji10ho』 in Neolentinus lepideus

‘Gonji10ho’, a new variety of Neolentinus lepideus , was bred by mating two monokaryotic strains isolatedfrom ‘GMNL66037’ and ‘GMNL66014’ in Mushroom Research Institute, Gyonggi-Do ARES in 2012. The optimumtemperature for the mycelial growth of ‘Gonji10ho’ was 29 o C on PDA medium and that for the primordia formation andthe growth of fruiting body of ‘Gonji10ho’ was 201 o C. In bottle cultivation of ‘Gonji10ho’, the period of spawn runningwas around 35 days at 221 o C and the period from scratching of inoculum to harvesting was 27 days. ‘Gonji10ho’ hadthicker pileus and stipe than control variety(‘Solhyang’). The number of available stipe was fewer than that of controlvariety. During the cultivation of ‘Gonji10ho’, the occurrence rate of Trichoderma spp. was lower than that in controlvariety. In bottle cultivation, the yield of fruiting bodies of ‘Gonji10ho’, which was 38% higher than that of control variety,was 69.6 g/900 ml bottle, and in bag cultivation, that of ‘Gonji10ho’, which was 10% higher than that of control variety,was 114.2 g/1 kg bag. In physical characteristics, the strongness and brittleness of the pileus of ‘Gonji10ho’ were higherthan those of control variety. When considered in the period available for sale, the shelf life of ‘Gonji10ho’, which was5 days longer than that of control variety, was 34 days.