Medicinal Mushroom Growth as Affected by Non-Axenic Casing Soil

Yield, polysaccharides content and antioxidant properties of the mushroom Agaricus subrufescens produced on different substrates based on selected agricultural wastes

“…Zied et al (2010Zied et al ( , 2011 reported similar long cropping period (120 days). Some researchers thought that a long cropping period would increase energetic costs as well as the risk of weed molds development (Wang et al, 2008).…”

Optimization of the cultivation conditions for mushroom production with European wild strains of Agaricus subrufescens and Brazilian cultivars

“…80–110 g kg −1 after 65 days for the strain ABL‐97/12 and 88 g kg −1 after 70 days for the commercial strain ABL‐04/49). The average production in Brazil was estimated to be 8–16% after 120 days of cultivation …”

“…The raw materials commonly used to prepare the substrate are sugar cane bagasse, various grasses (e.g. Brachiaria spp., Cynodon dactylon , Panicum maximum ), cereal straw ( Triticum aestivum , Avena sativa , Oryza sativa ) and manure supplemented with nitrogen sources (soybean, wheat, corn and cotton meal, urea, ammonium sulfate) and sources of phosphorus and calcium . Experiments performed in China showed the possible use of cottonseed hulls, rice hulls, asparagus straw and soybean cake .…”

Using of Appropriated Strains in the Practice of Compost Supplementation for Agaricus subrufescens Production

“…Soil with 350 g kg −1 of clay, 100 g kg −1 of silt, and 550 g kg −1 of sand was collected 2.0 m below surface, as recommended by Zied et al (2011a), to produce A. subrufescens casing layer. Calcitic lime was added to the soil for pH correction as well as small fragments of charcoal in the proportion of 4:1 (v/v) to increase the porosity and reduce the density and compaction of the casing layer.…”