Fungiculture is the cultivation of fungi such as mushrooms, yielding foods, medicine, construction materials and other products; a mushroom farm is a business built around growing fungi. The word is also used for the cultivation of fungi by animals such as leafcutter ants, termites, ambrosia beetles and marsh periwinkles. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Practice ClassCultivation for food, medicine and materials 1 Connections
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1. Fungiculture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, paragraph 1, first sentence
Fungiculture is the cultivation of fungi such as mushrooms.
Lead section, paragraph 1, second sentence
Cultivating fungi can yield foods (primarily mushrooms), medicine, construction materials and other products.
Lead section, paragraph 1, third sentence
The word is also commonly used to refer to the cultivation of fungi by animals such as leafcutter ants, termites, ambrosia beetles, and marsh periwinkles.
Techniques section, Outdoor logs passage
Mushrooms can be grown on logs placed outdoors in stacks or piles, as has been done for hundreds of years.
Substrates section, opening passage
An ideal substrate will contain enough nitrogen and carbohydrate for rapid mushroom growth.
Techniques section, Indoor trays passage
Indoor mushroom cultivation for the purpose of producing a commercial crop was first developed in caves in France.
Pests and diseases section, Trichoderma passage
Trichoderma green mold can affect mushroom production, for example in the mid-1990s in Pennsylvania leading to significant crop losses.
Indoor oyster mushroom farming section, substrate passage
Oyster mushrooms are grown in substrate that comprises sterilized wheat, paddy straw and even used coffee grounds.
Six phases of mushroom cultivation section, starter culture passage
Add starter culture. Allow mycelium to grow through substrate and form a colony.
Six phases of mushroom cultivation section, top covering passage
Add a top covering or dressing to the colonized substrate.
Substrates section, composting sterilization passage
Complete sterilization is not required or performed during composting.
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