Researchers studied a special mushroom called Pleurotus abieticola that can grow on coniferous trees like spruce and larch. Usually, mushrooms prefer broadleaf trees, but this species can thrive on conifer wood, which makes up 70% of Chinese forests. By analyzing the mushroom’s genes and growth conditions, scientists found the best ways to cultivate it and discovered it’s rich in protein and beneficial compounds. This breakthrough could help create sustainable mushroom farming using forest resources that were previously underutilized.