Wild mushrooms

The British National Trust's decision to remove mushrooms from its nearly 300 cafes across the UK has sparked concerns in Ireland, particularly among mushroom producers. This move, aimed at protecting bogs from peat extraction, is expected to have significant financial implications for the
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Yuriy Dushenko from Donetsk is an example of unwavering determination and perseverance. After two unsuccessful attempts to rebuild his mushroom cultivation business, he did not give up in the face of obstacles. Dushenko started his business in Donetsk, where his mushroom harvests were lost due
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CNC Holding BV, Veme Specials BV, Verbruggen Substraat BV and Verbruggen Paddestoelen BV have joined forces to boost international growth ambitions in the substrate market for exotic mushrooms. On 25 March 2024 CNC Holding BV announced it had acquired a majority interest in Veme Specials BV,
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When people talk about disruptive factors, the trade and geopolitical crises of recent years - as a result of the pandemic and military aggression - are usually mentioned first. However, disruption can also have completely different causes. For example, excessive greed and
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Through multiple use of these areas, around 2,500 tonnes of edible mushrooms were produced on a total of 142,000 square metres in 2023. In addition to mushrooms, shiitake and oyster mushrooms were also cultivated. Cultivation was exclusively conventional on all farms. read more

Compared to the ten-year average from 2013 to 2022, the mushroom harvest in 2023 was a good 11 % higher; read more

From the C3 Consortium come two new Noi&Voi references designed for the catering industry, produced and packaged in Italy. The Noi&Voi catalogue boasts over 730 references, food and non-food, and has been in distribution for over 30 years. Products with a high service content Sara Fabris,
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Mushrooms continue to gain shelf space in Spanish supermarkets despite a price increase caused by the scarcity of an essential raw material for their cultivation: straw. This has posed a significant challenge this season. European regulations are increasingly preventing the use of effective
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Monterey Mushrooms is making a change to enhance the recyclability of its mushroom packaging by incorporating near-infrared (NIR) sortable material in its recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (rPET) thermoformed tills. The company's rPET tills are produced using 100 percent post-consumer recycled… read more

It's been a tough couple of years for the mushroom industry, with one major challenge following up on the other, says Tomasz Stańko, COO of Polish mushroom exporter Arctic Sp. z o.o: "For the last three years, the mushroom business has been very hard. At beginning of Covid, the orders from
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In Bulgaria, local mushrooms such as white mushrooms are reported to be wormy and of poor quality. Therefore, Bulgarian companies are increasingly favouring imports from Romania, as stated by Julian Kolev, Chairman of the Association of Forest Mushroom and Fruit Processors. Currently, the focus
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The mushroom season is in full swing for Sipo. "Sales are going very well in Italy," says Riccardo Giacomini, Sipo's development manager, "but we are also receiving excellent feedback abroad, in particular from Greece. In addition, we're establishing important business relationships in other
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Researchers at Goa University have developed a novel method for producing gold nanoparticles, crucial in the delivery of anti-cancer drugs, using a specific species of mushroom indigenous to Goa. This method, detailed in the Geomicrobiology Journal, represents a significant stride towards
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Innovations in horticulture, including vitamin D-enriched mushrooms, are set to be highlighted at India's National Horticulture Fair. Scientists from the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research have leveraged UVB radiation to boost the vitamin D content in mushrooms, exploiting the
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