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EXPERIMENTAL SPAWN AND MUSHROOM CULTURE
Author(s) -
CAYLEY DOROTHY M.
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1938.tb02337.x
Subject(s) - mushroom , compost , biology , fermentation , solarisation , horticulture , lawn , straw , lime , spawn (biology) , botany , agronomy , food science , ecology , paleontology
SUMMARY Methods for composting fermented and naturally rotted artificial composts consisting of straw, hay and dried lawn mowings for the growth of mushrooms are described. The results of the tests in large pots and boxes on twenty‐four different composts are set out and show that previous high temperature fermentation is not absolutely essential for the growth of the cultivated mushroom, although the best results have been obtained from high‐temperature composts containing both lime and soil. The effect of the addition of soil to both fermented and naturally rotted composts is described and discussed. In conclusion I wish to express my indebtedness to Dr A. C. Fabergé for all the p H estimations, to Miss F. M. Durham for testing high‐temperature Compost I in the open, and to the laboratory assistant, A. F. Emarton, for the photographs for the plates and for his invaluable help with the preparation and manipulation of the various composts and cultures without which such a number of tests would not have been possible.