Poria cocos cultivation. The cultivated Poria cocos is generally harvested in the second and third years after inoculation, and the quality of harvest after the beginning of autumn is the best. Premature harvest will affect the quality and yield.

Poria cocos, a fungus belonging to Poria cocos, also known as Yuling, Poria cocos, laurel and tuckadu. It is the dry sclerotia of Poria cocos, a fungus of the family stratopodiaceae. It is often parasitic on the roots of pine trees.