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Biotechnological Requirements for the Commercial Cultivation of Macrofungi: Substrate and Casing Layer

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Abstract

The mushroom industry is an expanding agricultural activity with five genera covering the majority of the world’s mushroom supply: Agaricus, Pleurotus, Lentinula, auricularia and Flammulina. However, other species including members from the genera Agrocybe, Ganoderma, Volvariella, Hypsizygus, Pholiota, Grifola, Calocybe and Hericium are exploited commercially. Mushrooms provide a very healthy source of protein, vitamins and essential minerals with low caloric intake. In addition, many cultivated species are described as medicinal mushrooms and have been reported to have beneficial effects for patients with medical conditions such as cancer, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia or hypertension. Unlike many crops, mushroom cultivation is mostly performed indoors in a controlled environment, which provides protection against adverse weather conditions, and ensures that production is not subject to seasonal constraints. This chapter describes the biotechnological requirements needed to produce a commercially viable mushroom crop with a focus on the substrates employed in cultivation.

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This article has been funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 742966. Pictures attached in the text have been kindly loaned by CTICH (Maria L Tello).

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  1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Jaime Carrasco & Gail Preston

  2. Centro Tecnológico de Investigación del Champiñón de La Rioja (CTICH), Autol, Spain

    Maria L. Tello & Margarita Perez

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Carrasco, J., Tello, M.L., Perez, M., Preston, G. (2018). Biotechnological Requirements for the Commercial Cultivation of Macrofungi: Substrate and Casing Layer. In: Singh, B., Lallawmsanga, Passari, A. (eds) Biology of Macrofungi. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02622-6_7

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