Oyster Mushroom Cultivation & Yield Performance

Oyster mushrooms are some of the easiest to grow; however, there’s several things to know for their successful growing. This article discusses oyster mushroom training opportunities, the yield performance of oyster mushrooms on different substrates and their power to recycle agricultural waste.  Growing oyster mushrooms on agro-waste Pleurotus mushrooms are commercially important to the world … Read moreOyster Mushroom Cultivation & Yield Performance

9 Reasons why mushroom growing might not turn to be successful for you

Starting a mushroom farm comes with a bunch of benefits (not only financial); however from 100 people starting out to grow mushrooms only few will actually succeed to implement what they learn. There are multiple reasons why this happens (below is a list of some of these reasons). Simply, if you want to learn you … Read more9 Reasons why mushroom growing might not turn to be successful for you

Wild Mushrooms: Identification Advice

Make sure to use several identification guides just because some might have incomplete descriptions of some important characters used in the mushrooms identification process. Also make sure that these guides have pictures of the mushroom species discussed. Another important aspect is the description itself which could be in depth describing both macro-morphological and micro-scopical features. … Read moreWild Mushrooms: Identification Advice

6 Uses of the spent mushroom substrate

Nowadays, more and more people and companies are starting to grow diverse types of mushrooms all across the world. Statistics say that global production has increased to about 27 billion kg in 2012. Along with the steadily growing industry comes the increased volume of spent mushroom substrate. The production of mushrooms always results in significant … Read more6 Uses of the spent mushroom substrate

A step by step guide on how to grow oyster mushroom on straw

Species belonging to Pleurotus spp. (Basidiomycetes) resemble wood inhabiting mushrooms presenting wood-rotting abilities, degrading wood as saprophytes or facultative parasites growing on living or dead wood substrata on which produce a white rot. Pleurotus is more likely growing on deciduous trees and is rather rare on conifers. Fruitbody morphological aspect: oyster shelf like cap 5-15(20) … Read moreA step by step guide on how to grow oyster mushroom on straw

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