The document discusses the cultivation of button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus). It describes the taxonomic classification of A. bisporus, noting that it is a fungus native to North America. It then outlines the life cycle of A. bisporus, explaining that the mushroom is the fruiting body produced during sexual reproduction to spread spores. Finally, it provides an overview of the mushroom cultivation process, including preparation of spawn, compost, and conditions for fruiting body formation.
4. Table “Button” Mushroom
Agaricus bisporus
Kingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Fungi
Basidiomycota (club fungi)
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales (gilled fungi)
Agaricaceae
Agaricus
bisporus
5. Agaricus bisporus
Native to North
America, these
common fungi
are naturally
found in
manure heaps,
garden waste
and roadsides,
as well as at
the base of
trees.
7. Agaricus bisporus
It’s only when the
fungus attempts to
breed and spread
spores sexually that
the mushroom grows
up out of the soil.
8. Agaricus bisporus
Like most members of
the order Agaricales,
table mushrooms have
“gills”, or folds under
the hood of the
mushroom to allow
spread of millions of
new spores.
9. Varieties of Agaricus bisporus
• Americans eat about 4 pounds (2 kg) of
mushrooms each year.
• In the US, over 700 million dollars are
made in the mushroom industry each
year.
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16. Raising of pure culture done in the Laminar Air Flow Chamber to
maintain aseptic condition.