Techniques to grow mushrooms

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3.  INTRODUCTION
 TYPES OF MUSHROOM
 CULTIVATION PROCESS
 SITE SELECTION
 MANAGEMENT OF MUSHROOM
 USES
 ECONOMICS
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
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5.  India produces about 600 million tonnes of agricultural
waste per year and a major part of it is left out to
decompose naturally or burnt.
 Commercial production of edible mushrooms
bioconverts the agricultural, industrial, forestry and
household wastes into nutritious food (mushrooms).
 By just diverting 1% of agro-wastes towards mushroom
production, India can produce 3 million tonnes of
mushroom and about 15 million tonnes of compost.
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6.  White button mushroom
 Oyster mushroom
 Shitake mushroom
 Milky mushroom
 Black poplar mushroom
 Reishi mushroom
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7.  Preparation of compost
 Spawning of compost
 Casing (Covering the spawned compost)
 Cropping and crop management
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13.  The site should be nearer to the road and market.
 The site should be surrounded by the water source, raw
material etc.
 The floor of the mushroom house should have a gentle
slope.
 Availability of cheap labor in abundance.
 Proper power supply should be at the chosen site.
 Nearness to the market for the proper disposal produce.
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14.  Proper hygienic conditions should be observed.
 Compost must be pasteurized/ sterilized.
 Compost should be ammonia (NH3
) free (not more
than 8-10 ppm ) and pH should be in between 7.2-7.5
at spawning.
 During spawn run the beds are covered with papers,
should be moistened twice a week with formalin.
 Temperature and relative humidity in the crop room
should be maintained as per requirement of the crop.
 Stumps and dead mushrooms must be removed
regularly from the beds.
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15. Species Use
Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi
mushroom)
Powerful anticancer agent.
Coriolus versicolour Urinary and digestive tracts, liver
diseases, general weakness and
tumors.
Grifola frondosa (Maitake) Blood pressure, diabetes
Lentinula edodes (Shiitake) To increase vitality, prevent
cerebral hemorrhage strokes, as
well as improve circulation.
 Pleurotus species (Oyster) Reduce the rate of nephron
deterioration
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16. Carbohy
drate
Fiber Protein Fat Ash Energy
k cal
63.40 48.60 19.23 2.70 6.32 412
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18. Particulars Quantity Rate Cost (Rs)
Spawn 6 kg 100 gm per kg 600
Plastic bags 60 2.6 per bag 160
Paddy straw 150 kg 4.5 per kg 675
labour 2 250 500
Total 1735
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19. Particulars Quantity Rate Cost (Rs)
mushroom 30 kg 200 Rs per kg 6000
Net profit = net gain – production cost
= 6000 -1735
= 4265 Rs
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20. Cultivation of edible mushrooms might be the only
current stage that results the production of protein rich
food with the less environmental pollution.
Mushrooms can serve as food, as tonic, and as medicine.
A regular intake of mushrooms can make you healthier,
fitter, and happier.
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21.  www.google.com
 Alice B. and Michael K. (2004) Mushroom
cultivation and marketing.
 Jozef P. (2004) Agricultural wastes as substrates for
oyster mushroom.
 Lofiza F. (2006) Advances in mushroom research in
the Last decade, food technology.
 Training manual on mushroom cultivation technology
(2008).
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