An Overview of Techniques for Mushroom Cultivation

Techniques for cultivating mushrooms, whatever the species, follow the same basic pattern. 

Whereas two species may differ in temperature requirements, pH preferences or the substrate on which they grow, the steps leading to fruiting are essentially the same. They can be summarized as follows  

Preparation and pouring of agar media into petri dishes. 

Germination of spores and isolation of pure mushroom mycelium. 

Inoculation of grain media with pure mycelium grown on agar media. 

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