Abstract：‘Jixiang E36’is a new wide-temperature and early-maturing Lentinus edodes variety bred by
single spore hybridization with early-maturing hard Lentinus edodes‘0912’and early-maturing fl eshy Lentinus edodes‘JXB5’as parents．The mycelium is white and dense，with strong abilities to decompose lignin，cellulose，and hemicellulose．The mycelium age is about 80 days，and temperature diff erence of more than 6 ℃ between day and night is required for fruiting．The average number of primordium is 20.3．The fruiting temperature range is 8-29 ℃，with the optimal fruiting temperature being 12-23 ℃．The fruiting bodies are scattered，with light brown cap，average diameter of 56.6 mm，and thickness of 29.2 mm．The crosssection is spherical，and the stem is relatively short．The fl esh is tight and delicate．The average weight of single mushroom is 19.2 g．The biological effi ciency is 98%-115%．It is suitable for bag cultivation in Hebei Province and similar areas．
