Fresh straw mushrooms last a day or two and cannot be refrigerated like other mushrooms, so most of the world buys them canned. We supply fresh buttons to buyers who can receive within 48 hours, and quote canned and brined straw mushrooms by carton for distributors.
Straw MushroomVolvariella volvacea
Straw Mushroom
Volvariella volvacea
From €5.00 / kg
Tropical straw mushrooms, fresh for nearby markets and canned or preserved for export.
- Origin
- Southeast Asia; China; tropical production regions
- Production
- Cultivated
- Season
- Cultivated all year in the tropics
- Family
- Pluteaceae
- Available forms
- Fresh, Canned, Preserved
Buying in volume or shipping abroad? Request a bulk quote
Prices are per kg. Availability of fresh mushrooms follows the season.
About Straw Mushroom
Scientific profile
- Scientific name
- Volvariella volvacea
- Family
- Pluteaceae
- Order
- Agaricales
- Common names
- Straw mushroom, paddy straw mushroom, cao gu
- Ecology & habitat
- Grown at 28–35 °C on rice straw, cotton waste or oil-palm waste. Picked at the closed "egg" stage before the veil breaks.
- Appearance & flavour
- Egg-shaped grey-brown buttons. Soft, slippery and mild; a standard ingredient in tom yum and stir-fries.
- Notable compounds
- Protein-rich for a mushroom; ergosterol.
