Abstract：The study about planting Flammulina velutipes was conducted by taking Chinese prickly ash
branch as raw material．The result showed that the formulation with 45% Chinese prickly ash branch was suitable for Flammulina velutipes cultivation. The average yield and biologic efficiency of Flammulina velutipes fruiting\
body planted with Chinese prickly ash branch as the main raw material was slightly lower than that planted with the
cottonseed hulls as the main raw material．But Ca and Fe contents were significantly higher in the fruiting body
grown on Chinese prickly ash branch than that grown on cottonseed hulls．There were no significant differences in
the contents of Mg，Cu，Zn， protein， fiber，ash and sugar contents of the fruiting body grown between Chinese
prickly ash branch and cottonseed hulls．For the total amino acids contents and essential amino acids，the fruiting
body planted with Chinese prickly ash branch were richer than that planted with cottonseed hulls．Chinese prickly
ash branch may be used as raw material for planting Flammulina velutipes，which was proved to reduce the
production cost and improve the ratio of input and output．
