金菇、银菇不如泌阳的花菇！河南泌阳花菇以其朵圆、肉厚、质细、色白、爆花自然、外形美观、口感脆嫩爽滑、味道鲜美而被誉为“菇中之皇”。泌阳花菇以丰富的营养和防病、健身、延缓衰老等作用深受国内外群众的欢迎。
      
    花菇是香菇子实体生产过程中，在特定的环境条件下形成的一种特殊的畸形菇，是香菇的极品。同时花菇还是一种药用菌。据《河南大型真菌》记载：“花菇药能益气、治风破血、化痰理气、益味助食”。花菇的抗病、治病、保健功能在元代著名中医吴瑞所著《日用本草》中已有确切记述：花菇含有水溶性鲜味物质，其主要成分为核苷酸，可用作食品调味品。
      
    泌阳县广大农民在香菇种植实践中不断进行技术创新。几年来全县农民自发组织的技术攻关小组有数千个，发明新技术30多项，花菇率也由1994年的60%提高到今天的80%以上。此外，由棉柴、豆秆、麦秸等代替麻栎木的研究和种植也获得成功，为菇业的可持续发展作出了重大贡献。近年来，泌阳县以麦秸、稻草、玉米秆等农作物废料为主要原料的草腐菌种植遍地开花，年种植草腐菌11000余万袋，消耗农作物废弃秸秆2000多万公斤，节约木材资源近1亿立方米，创产值5000万元以上。泌阳迅速成为全国香菇种植大县，香菇每年给泌阳农民带来收入6亿元以上。泌阳香菇还获得了“国家地理标志产品”称号。



    Biyang Flower Mushroom is praised as the Queen of Mushroom for its characteristics of round shapes, thick pulp, good quality, white color, beautiful appearance, crisp and delicious flavor. This kind of mushroom is well welcomed by the masses for its rich nutrition and medicinal functions of preventing diseases, building up bodies, delaying senility and so on. Flower mushroom has earned a title of Chinese production of geographical indication.
      
    Flower mushroom is a unique mushroom growing in special environments, which is the best kind of mushroom. Besides, flower mushroom is a medicinal fungus whose preventing diseases, health care functions are recorded in many medicinal books. It contains water-solubility things so that they can be used as condiments.