1. If the auricularia auricula is soaked in cold water, it usually takes about 3-4 hours, which is the ideal method for soaking auricularia auricula.
2. If the fungus is soaked in salt water, it only takes one hour. Soaking auricularia auricula with salt water can rub off the sand inside it.
3. Soaking auricularia auricula in hot water is an emergency measure, which usually takes about 15-20 minutes.
It only takes four minutes to soak auricularia auricula in microwave oven. Put the fungus in a bigger container. After adding a proper amount of water, cover the container, then put it in a microwave oven and heat it for four minutes with high heat, and take out the fungus.
Morphological characteristics of auricularia auricula;
The mycelium of Auricularia auricula is composed of colorless and transparent tubular mycelium with transverse septa and branches. The hyphae absorb nutrients from the substrate and form fan-shaped hyphae under the bark.
The fruiting body of Auricularia auricula is thin, elastic, gelatinous, translucent, concave, often in spike or ring shape, and gradually changes to leaf shape. The base is narrow into the root of the ear, with smooth surface or wrinkled veins, the diameter is generally 4 cm ~ 10 cm, and the larger one can reach more than 12 cm. After drying, it shrinks strongly, the seed layer on the upper surface turns dark brown to near black, and the lower surface is dark grayish brown and covered with extremely short fluff.