The production of button mushrooms has increased despite the cultivation area remaining almost the same.
In 2025, 78,400 tons of edible mushrooms were harvested in Germany at farms with at least 0.1 hectares of production area. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the total harvest

Hedgehog mushroom beard is named Mushroom of the Year 2026
The hedgehog mushroom mainly occurs in deciduous forests with high humidity. It grows as a wood-decaying saprophytic fungus on fresh deadwood, usually on beech or oak trees. Although it is a

Special mushroom cultivation in Germany is growing significantly.
The harvest quantity of Shiitake mushrooms increased significantly in 2024. In total, six farms harvested around 251 tons of Shiitake on an area of 2.2 hectares. In 2023, also six farms harvested

Mushrooms remain the top choice for the German mushroom harvest.
According to the Green Media House and the Association of German Mushroom and Cultivated Mushroom Growers (BDC) e.V., the harvest quantity last year was slightly lower than the previous year, but

The German mushroom industry will meet in September at the BDC annual conference
The annual conference starts on September 25 with the closed sessions of the Advertising Committee, Board, and Advisory Board. On September 26, the Annual General Meeting will take place in the

BVEO Executive Board Meeting: Call for Political Change
BVEO managing director Dr. Christian Weseloh emphasized at Lake Constance: "Not only the special culture industry, but the entire German economy is relying on a federal government that can act

ZVG/BDC: Review Green Week 2025 - Cultural Mushrooms as Crowd-Pullers
This year, the Association of German Mushroom and Specialty Mushroom Growers (BDC) was able to participate as an associate member and present the challenges and achievements of specialty mushroom

German Fruits and Vegetables/Grown in Germany: Mushrooms grow year-round in Germany
And even though oyster mushrooms are becoming more popular from year to year, they still can't come close to the popularity of the beloved white or brown caps - they rank at the top of consumption

Mjko GmbH has opened a new mushroom farm in Hoheging.
Mjko GmbH (formerly Weiße Köpfe), a company based in Lower Saxony, has expanded its Hoheging site to include a new mushroom farm. With a total of seven sites in Germany, Mjko GmbH supplies

The festival becomes a delight with aromatic edible mushrooms from Germany.
If you like it healthy, sustainable, and at the same time culinarily exquisite, you can easily prepare the Christmas menu with delicious mushrooms. Especially at Christmas, they impress with their

Culture mushrooms: Maitake - the dancing mushroom
As the Federal Center for Nutrition (BZfE) reports, the Maitake mushroom, also known as the hen-of-the-woods, even grows in German forests, although very rarely. "It has a large fruiting body

ZVG/BDC: Worrisome outlook for the future of mushroom cultivation in Germany
While other industries have to deal with individual cost increases, the mushroom production sector is facing a combination of high energy prices, wage increases for harvest workers, raw material

Edible mushrooms from Germany are on trend in nutrition - also as a substitute for meat products.
In the report "The Top 10 Nutrition Trends 2023," 170 leading nutrition experts conclude: "The fast food of our days is no longer greasy, but plant-based, digestible, and healthy." According to

Eden Research has received approval for its biofungicide in Germany.
Eden Research has announced that it has received regulatory approval for the use of its leading biofungicide, Mevalone, in Germany.More. Go to the article

ZVG evaluates energy alternatives.
In protected cultivation in Germany, young plants, vegetables, mushrooms, and ornamental plants are produced. Depending on the crop, this process can require high energy inputs. Given the ongoing

"Cultivating exotic species instead of collecting from the wild - improving procurement reliability"
Exotic forest and cultivated mushrooms are commonly used in fine dining to enhance menus. Marker oHG, a longstanding partner of North German gastronomy and community catering, has recently

This week in Fruchthandel magazine: logistics, mushrooms, Germany
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,

Mushroom harvest increased by two per cent in 2023 compared to 2022
Compared to the ten-year average from 2013 to 2022, the mushroom harvest in 2023 was a good 11% higher. The total volume of edible mushrooms harvested on farms with a production area of at least

German biotech firm gets €53 million Series B to further mushroom production
German biotech firm Infinite Roots, formerly known as Mushlabs, has successfully closed a €53 million Series B funding round. This represents the largest investment in mycelium technologies in

GMH/BDC: Efficient harvesting - so that mushrooms remain affordable
Green Media House (GMH) and the German Federation of Mushroom and Cultivated Mushroom Growers (Bund Deutscher Champignon- und Kulturpilzanbauer e.V.) report that cultivated mushroom growers are

Bringing affordable speciality mushrooms to tables across Germany
“Mushrooms are one of the most sustainable crops, requiring little light and relatively little energy. Mushroom production can also be used to repurpose organic waste as a substrate, bringing

New Polish packaging center offers Limax more sales opportunities in neighboring countries
More than 20 years ago, Limax established itself in the West Polish city of Wolsztyn. "Back then, Poland was a booming mushroom-producing country for the fresh market. We started as a purchasing

Green Media House: Popularity of mushrooms unbroken
No one wants to do without mushrooms today. And this, according to the Green Media House, despite the fact that the energy crisis has not stopped at cultivated mushrooms and has made them more

Germany issues an alert after detecting chlorothalonil in melons imported from Costa Rica via the Netherlands
German health authorities notified the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) that they detected the presence of chlorothalonil, a fungicide that is considered carcinogenic, in melons

Corteva Agriscience: Fungicides ready-to-use formulation for safety of action on late blight for potato
Following its successful introduction in other European markets, the product Zorvec Entecta™, formulated as a liquid suspension emulsion, is now also available for potato cultivation in Germany.