Cultivation Characteristics of Newly Bred Lentinula edodes Strain ‘Sansanhyang’

A new cultivar ‘Sansanhyang’ was bred from monokaryotic strains of Sanbackhyang and SANJO 707ho by mono-mono hybridization method. Cap was convex and brown, it was 70 mm in diameter and 16 mm in thickness. The distribution of scales was whole and the scales were brown and slightly brown. The arrangement of gill was ripple and gill density was dense. Stipe was cream colored and fluff was medium. Sansanhyang had 100day cultivation period and fruiting bodies sporadic occurrence. It was a medium-low temperature strain and the temperature for fruiting body formation was 10-16°C. The ratio of fruiting body production was the 1st flush 89%, the 2nd flush 6% and the 3rd flush 5%. Sansanhyang was different from Sanbackhyang by its convex cap, 70 mm of cap diameter, and 40.5 mm of stipe length. Sanbackhyang had convex cap, 71 mm of cap diameter and 56.9 mm of stipe length.