Advantages of Mushroom Cultivation
The artificial cultivation ensures that mushroom sold is truly edible. They are now regarded as useful food in modern diets, complementing the staple diet. Dieticians, to counter obesity and other syndromes associated with present-day eating habits, often prescribe them.
Plant residues such as straw, leaves, and also wastes from agricul-ture, forest and industry mostly remain unused. These are disposed off by burning or by some other wasteful and sometimes harmful methods.
However, by suitable treatment, these residues can be converted into substrates for the cultivation of mushrooms and the spent substrate can be utilized as manure.
Another advantage in mushroom growing is that they are grown in rooms, for which the wasteland may be utilized. Being grown in vertical stacks, for mushroom come into production very rapidly; makes mushroom growing a profitable venture.
There are various types of edible cultivated mushrooms, prominent among them are:-
The most commonly favoured variations in India are button, oyster and paddy straw mushroom.
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