草菇适宜的采收期是在子实体已充分长大、底部粗、上部尖呈典型的鸡蛋状时，并且下半部偏灰白色、顶部黑褐色、手感菇体中间部位硬实无悬空时，此时草菇的蛋白质含量一般为25％左右，为最佳采收期。但当菇体伸长，甚至包被（菌幕）破裂，或者菌盖展开如伞状后，不但蛋白质含量 The suitable recovery period of straw mushroom is when the fruiting body has grown sufficiently, the bottom is coarse, the upper tip is a typical egg-like shape, and the lower half is off-white and the top is dark brown. When the middle part of the mushroom body is hard and without hanging, When the straw mushroom protein content is generally about 25%, for the best harvest. But when the mushroom body elongation, or even coated (bacteria curtain) rupture, or cover expanded like an umbrella, not only the protein content