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Black Termite Mushroom

Grown at the Hiền Nương farm, in the Bảy Núi region of An Giang.

Black termite mushrooms growing from a substrate bag, the largest on the right

One of Hiền Nương’s four main mushroom lines, black termite mushroom is grown from substrate bags on the farm, in a farming model tied to local materials.

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Two people in white coats looking at a substrate bag together between shelves of mushroom bags in a grow house
Checking mushroom bags in the farm’s grow house.

Introduction

One of the farm’s four main mushroom lines.

Alongside lingzhi, cordyceps and oyster mushroom, black termite mushroom is one of the four main mushroom lines Hiền Nương grows in the Bảy Núi region of An Giang.

From the Bảy Núi region, Ms. Châu Thị Nương has developed a way of growing mushrooms tied to local agricultural materials.

Product line
One of four main mushroom lines
Growing region
Bảy Núi, An Giang
Model
Circular agriculture
Sample testing
VietLabs, 2023

Process at the farm

From agricultural by-products to mushroom bags on the shelf.

  1. Mushroom growers sitting around a pile of brown substrate in a workshop, beside substrate bags being filled
    01

    Preparing the substrate

    Rice straw and other local agricultural by-products are used to make the substrate for growing mushrooms.

  2. Hands placing a substrate bag into a steel tray with other bags already closed with green caps
    02

    Bagging

    The substrate is packed into bags, capped and set in steel trays.

  3. Rows of green-capped mushroom bags packed onto tiers of steel shelving in a grow house
    03

    Growing on shelves

    The bags are lined up in rows on shelves in the grow house.

  4. 04

    Tending and harvesting

    The growers watch over the bags on the shelves until the mushrooms are harvested.

  5. 05

    Reusing the substrate

    After each growing cycle, the substrate goes on to be used in other farm work, such as raising earthworms and making organic fertiliser.

Images are taken from Hiền Nương Farm’s introductory video and show the farm’s general process.

People

Through the hands of the mushroom growers.

From bagging to tending the shelves, every stage at the farm passes through the hands of the people who grow the mushrooms.

Mushroom growers in dark green work clothes and pink gloves, sitting on the workshop floor packing substrate into bags
A woman in a pink shirt and a checked khăn rằn scarf, wearing gloves, resting her hands on mushroom bags on a shelf in a grow house

Testing

Sample test results

The parameters and results below are presented as stated in the test report for the sample submitted for testing.

The sample name on the report is “Nấm mối” (termite mushroom).

Sample
Nấm mối
Testing laboratory
VietLabs
Submitted by
HTX Nông nghiệp Tà Đảnh
Test date
23/09/2023
Report no.
VLAB-2309-0307/1
Microbiological parameters
ParameterResult
Total plate count at 30°C8.2 × 102 CFU/g
Coliforms<10 CFU/g
Escherichia coli<10 CFU/g
Total yeast and mold6.5 × 101 CFU/g

These results apply to the sample named in the report and should not be read as fixed specifications for every product batch.

Results are presented as reported, without a pass/fail assessment against any particular standard.

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