Why is Flammulina velutipes named “Jin”?

Flammulina velutipes, also known as winter mushrooms, hairy golden money mushrooms, edible mushrooms, and mushrooms, are nutritious, delicious, and have medicinal value. They are a standard for many people's hot pot and barbecue. Why is this little mushroom, which is mostly dressed in white in the market, named "gold"?

The fruiting body of wild Flammulina velutipes is yellow-brown in color, while the earliest domesticated and cultivated species in my country is yellow. Its name comes from the fact that the shape and color of its stem are very similar to those of lily bulbs, hence the name Flammulina velutipes.

Enoki mushrooms contain 8 essential amino acids for the human body, accounting for 44.5% of the total amino acids, which is higher than that of ordinary mushrooms. The content of arginine, lysine, zinc, etc. is relatively high, far exceeding that of other mushrooms. It has many benefits for the growth of children's intelligence and is also known as the "brain-enhancing mushroom".

Artificially cultivated Flammulina velutipes include white and yellow varieties. The white Flammulina velutipes currently on the market were introduced from Japan, while the yellow variety is the variety domesticated and cultivated independently in my country. White Flammulina velutipes is white in color and has a high yield, so producers are more willing to cultivate white Flammulina velutipes, which has quickly occupied the domestic and international fresh Flammulina velutipes market. Yellow Flammulina velutipes has a strong mushroom aroma and a crisp taste, but due to its low yield and small cultivation volume, its market share is not high.

At present, "Zhongjun White Enoki Mushroom No. 1" is a new variety of white Enoki mushroom with my country's independent intellectual property rights, which was bred by hybridizing yellow Enoki mushroom. It is expected to become a "dark horse" variety in factory cultivation of Enoki mushroom.

This article was scientifically reviewed by the Kunming Edible Fungi Research Institute