So that all villagers have the opportunity to use lingzhi mushrooms

(Baonghean) - Nghe An Newspaper reporter talked with Mr. Le Van Hanh (in Son Thanh commune - Yen Thanh), the first person to successfully self-propagate and grow lingzhi mushrooms in Nghe An.

- Hello Mr. Le Van Hanh! It is known that you started growing “local” mushrooms in 2013 and in 2014, you sold over 35 tons of oyster mushrooms, 45 tons of wood ear mushrooms, hundreds of thousands of “local” mushroom bags to the market, with a revenue of over 260 million VND. So could you please tell us more about your “fate” with lingzhi mushrooms?

Mr. Le Van Hanh introduces the lingzhi mushroom production facility.

- Recently, the trend of using imported Ganoderma lucidum from Korea and Japan to prevent and treat diseases has increased sharply, while the price of imported Ganoderma lucidum is high, sellers have quite a profit. I think to increase economic value, I can also grow Ganoderma lucidum. With the technical guidance of my son, a biotechnology engineer specializing in mushroom production, I successfully propagated this mushroom variety myself. In 2014, I made 6,000 bags of Ganoderma lucidum for testing, after 4 months of caring for Ganoderma lucidum, the success was beyond expectations. I harvested 120 kg of dried Ganoderma lucidum, sold it for 600,000 VND/kg, earning a revenue of 72 million VND, after deducting expenses, the profit is 3-4 times higher than that of regular edible mushrooms. Ganoderma lucidum is very popular in the market, hearing that my farm grows Ganoderma lucidum, someone in Ha Tinh bought 20 kg. Seeing the effectiveness, in Yen Thanh, there are some households who have been producing regular mushrooms for a long time and also want to grow lingzhi mushrooms. I sell seeds and guide them on how to make them. I hope to have many lingzhi mushroom farms to create product areas, easy to consume in the future...

- Up to now, Ganoderma is still considered a very difficult mushroom to grow in Nghe An; can you tell us the secret?

- To successfully grow Ganoderma is not simple, growers must clearly understand the techniques and characteristics of this mushroom species. As in the development process, Ganoderma is very afraid of movement, so growers must stabilize the mushroom spawn from the time of seeding to harvest. Microbiological requirements are very high, if the breed is not suitable, the material is contaminated or sterilization is not guaranteed, it is very easy to fail. Ganoderma must go through the stages of sawdust incubation for over 10 days, 100% sawdust from rubber trees, combined with lime, DAP fertilizer to sterilize and increase minerals for the mushroom bag. Transfer the bag to the sterilization oven for 18 hours, take it out to inoculate the spawn and then transfer it to the farm. The quality of Ganoderma depends on the factors: breed, harvest time and post-harvest processing, and bringing it to the market for consumption. When the Ganoderma is mature enough, it will produce mushroom spores, which are ingredients with very precious medicinal essence, increasing health, preventing cancer... However, if during the process of drying and drying the mushrooms after picking, the producer does not ensure the process, the quality of the mushrooms will be greatly reduced.

- Will your plan to build the Yen Thanh "miracle drug" lingzhi mushroom brand be as successful as you believe it is?

- It will certainly be successful because currently, some countries such as Korea, Japan... pay great attention to the research and application of medicinal mushrooms and create many mushroom products to sell to markets around the world. However, the price of imported Ganoderma is expensive and the origin is unknown, so Vietnamese Ganoderma mushrooms of high quality and low price are also available to the villagers. My infrastructure and equipment are invested in advanced technology, ensuring the cultivation of Ganoderma mushrooms of high quality. In this new mushroom crop, I will increase the scale of mushroom production from 6,000 bags of Ganoderma mushroom biomass to over 20,000 bags, plus the production of wood ear and oyster mushrooms, the estimated revenue can reach 600 - 700 million VND/year, creating favorable conditions for capital to invest in the goal of producing high quality Ganoderma mushroom products.

- Thank you for this conversation!

Vuong Tran(Perform)