Name commonly grown mushrooms. How are they cultivated . Explain briefly
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Instead of seeds, mushrooms reproduce asexually through spores. Mycelium, or actively growing mushroom culture, is placed on a substrate—usually sterilized grains such as rye or millet—and induced to grow into those grains. This is called inoculation.
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Button Mushrooms. ...
Cremini Mushrooms. ...
Portobello Mushrooms. ...
Oyster Mushrooms. ...
King Oyster Mushrooms. ...
Chanterelle Mushrooms. ...
Porcini Mushrooms. ...
Hedgehog Mushrooms.
are commonly Grown mushroom.
Rhizopus oligosporus – the fungal starter culture used in the production of tempeh. In tempeh the mycelia of R. oligosporus are consumed.
Sparassis crispa – recent developments have led to this being cultivated in California. It is cultivated on large scale in Korea and Japan.
Tremella fuciformis (Snow fungus), another type of jelly fungus that is commonly used in Chinese cuisine.
Tuber species, (the truffle), Truffles belong to the ascomycete grouping of fungi. The truffle fruitbodies develop underground in mycorrhizal association with certain trees e.g. oak, poplar, beech, and hazel. Being difficult to find, trained pigs or dogs are often used to sniff them out for easy harvesting.
Tuber aestivum (Summer or St. Jean truffle)
Tuber magnatum (Piemont white truffle)
Tuber melanosporum (Périgord truffle)
T.melanosporum x T.magnatum (Khanaqa truffle)
Terfezia sp. (Desert truffle)
Ustilago maydis (Corn smut), a fungal pathogen of the maize plants. Also called the Mexican truffle, although not a true truffle.
Volvariella volvacea (the "Paddy straw mushroom.") Volvariella mushrooms account for 16% of total production of cultivated mushrooms in the world.
Fusarium venenatum – the source for mycoprotein which is used in Quorn, a meat analogue.