- The mushroom growing
process, sphagnum peat amended with calcium carbonate added on top of
mushroom mycelia-colonized substrate (compost) is called casing soil.
- Casing is a
top-dressing applied to the spawn-run compost on which the mushrooms
eventually form.
- Clay-loam field soil, a
mixture of peat moss with ground limestone, or reclaimed weathered,
spent compost can be used as casing.
- Casing does not need
nutrients since casing act as a water reservoir and a place where
rhizomorphs form.
- The number & yeild
of mushrooms increased when leucine, sodium chloride & yeast extract
were added to the casing at 10ppm at three day intervals for seven
weeks. The size of the fruiting bodies were also found to be larger than
that of check treatment.
- The best yeild was
obtained when the trays were treated with yeast extract.
- Casing soils were
either untreated or autoclaved at 121[degrees]C for 90 min to destroy
populations of native casing microflora.
- The casing soils were
inoculated with L. monocytogenes and/or Salmonella sp., maintained under
simulated mushroom-growing conditions (80 percent moisture,
23[degrees]C), and periodically sampled for enumerating populations of
the foodborne pathogens.
- The white button
mushroom (agaricus bisporus) accounts for 99 percent of all the
mushrooms grown in the U.S. Specialty varieties, such as the shiitake
and the oyster mushroom.
- There are 5 or 6
mid-sized farms producing 5 million to 20 million pounds annually, and
about 100 farms each producing 1 million to 5 million pounds annually.
U.S. specialty mushroom production is dominated by six farms.
- The Australian
government’s changing policy on tariffs has had a significant impact on
the mushroom industry.
- The only main
concentration of operations is in the Hawkesbury district of Sydney,
with about half the nation’s farms and 40% of production is
mushroom.
- The Australian Mushroom
Growers’ Association (AMGA) represents 95% of Australian mushroom
farms.
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Waste Paper as an
Alternative for Casing Soil in Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)
Production
Small Scale Mushroom Production
Agaricus bisporus
The new additive for your mushroom casing
Effect of Casing Soil
Amendments and Nutrient Supplementation on Mushroom Cropping
Mushroom Flies
Growing Psilocybian
Mushrooms In Soil
Primordia initiation of mushroom
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bisporus) strains on axenic casing materials
Sphagnum peat-based
casing soils do not permit the survival of Listeria monocytogenes &
Salmonella sp
Key characteristics of alternative
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producers on these materials
Effect of Different Mixtures with
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Agaricus bisporus
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Yield response of mushroom
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supplements of some locally available peats and their mixture with some
secondary casing materials
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Industrial Uses of
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- Transmission of Mushroom Virus X Disease in
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Monitoring and Assessment of Peat and
Alternative Products for Growing Media and Soil Improvers in the
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Peat and Peat
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