UNSPSC 50424821: Dried woodear mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as woodear mushrooms that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424821 Dried woodear mushrooms is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect the nominal product scope. The most recent solicitations tagged to this code — from Georgia Correctional Industries, the City of Edinburg (Texas), the State of Oregon, the State of Illinois, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Georgia, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — are requesting dried beans (kidney, pinto, red, black), cafeteria food products, and institutional food supplies for correctional facilities, child and adult care food programs, and state agency meal service. None of the recent opportunities solicit dried woodear mushrooms or any mushroom product. The code shows a significant mismatch between its nominal taxonomy definition and actual procurement activity.

The recent opportunities indicate that state and local jurisdictions are using this code as a catch-all for dried legume procurement and institutional foodservice supplies rather than for the mushroom commodity the code nominally describes. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Georgia, Texas, Oregon), state purchasing divisions (Georgia, Oregon, Illinois), and municipal food service programs (City of Edinburg). The geographic distribution spans Georgia, Texas, Oregon, and Illinois, with activity concentrated in correctional and institutional feeding programs. Representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 RFB for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026) with a 10% Oregon-preference evaluation adder; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas (due May 4, 2026, extended via Addendum No. 2); and Georgia Correctional Industries' October 2026 RFB for kidney beans in 880-bag increments (due October 9, 2026). Pricing on these solicitations is typically all-inclusive FOB destination with no separate freight reimbursement, and delivery is required to correctional distribution centers or institutional meal-service locations. Buyers pursuing this code should expect mislabeled dried-legume and institutional-foodservice opportunities rather than mushroom procurement.