Abstract:

‘Heiwei 10’is a new cultivar of the edible mushroom Auricularia auricula oriented from a wild strain collected from Greater Khingan Moutains by systematic breeding. The fruit body is fascicled of single auricle with black grey color. The diameter of fruit body is from 12.0 cm to 14.0 cm. The diameter of a single auricle is from 7.0 cm to 10.0 cm，and thickness is from 0.10 cm to 0.14 cm. It is medium maturing cultivar，55–65 days are required from openning hole to the first harvest. The yield of fresh fruit body is from 120 kg to 165 kg per 100 kg dry basis.