UNSPSC 50404821: Woodear mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as woodear mushrooms

UNSPSC 50404821 Woodear mushrooms, a Commodity code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity in the source material. The recent opportunities block documents 28 state and local solicitations posted between February and July 2026, of which none explicitly request woodear mushrooms or identify them as line items in produce specifications. Instead, the opportunities overwhelmingly solicit fresh produce for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, senior services, and institutional food service operations—spanning apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and dozens of other common fresh fruits and vegetables. School districts and county boards of education dominate the issuing bodies, with secondary activity from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, state procurement offices in Georgia and Texas, and select city and county food service operations. A small number of opportunities name produce generically (State of Georgia IFB #4 2027-2026 for fresh produce, Texas IFB IW253079 for carrots, TDCJ IFB IW253121 for sweet potatoes) without detailed specifications, making it impossible to determine whether woodear mushrooms fall within their scope. The preponderance of activity targets common produce varieties with high-volume demand in K-12 school breakfast and lunch programs, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs, and criminal justice institutional feeding.

Georgia and Texas post the highest concentration of recent activity, with the Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, and other Georgia school districts issuing sealed bids for fresh produce between March and June 2026, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice conducting multiple IFBs for bulk root vegetables and produce in the same period. Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, and other states show scattered activity. The code itself names a specialty mushroom variety, yet state and local procurement at the commodity level for institutional food service typically focuses on staple produce with large student or inmate populations and standardized nutritional requirements. The source provides no evidence that woodear mushrooms appear in contemporary state or local food service solicitations, indicating either very limited activity under this code or a taxonomy mismatch between the UNSPSC designation and actual purchasing patterns.