Characteristics and breeding of a new variety Pleurotus eryngii, Gonji No. 8

A new variety of Pleurotus eryngii which is named `Gonji No. 8` was bred by mating monokaryotic strain isolated from E085D2 and a monokaryotic strain `aerini No.3` obtained from the Mushroom Research Institute, Gyeonggi-Do A.R.E.S. The characteristics of the new variety `Gonji No.8` is as follows. The optimum temperature for mycelium growth was from to on potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium. For the primodia formation and the growth of fruit bodies, the optimum temperature was from to . The period of spawn running was around 30 days at and the days taken after the removal of the spawn layer to initiate primodia was seven days. The hardness value of fruit body was , which was two times more than that of `Keunneutari No.2`. The yield of `Gonji No.8` was about 133 g per bottle(900cc) and it was same as `Keunneutari No.2`.