fungiculture
Sign in to savethumb|Variety of mushrooms cultivated for culinary use Fungiculture is the cultivation of fungi such as mushrooms. Cultivating fungi can yield foods (which include mostly mushrooms), medicine, construction materials and other products. A mushroom farm is involved in the business of growing fungi.
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- Overview
- Techniques
- Outdoor logs
- Indoor trays
- Six phases of mushroom cultivation
- Indoor oyster mushroom farming
- Substrates
- Pests and diseases
- Commercially cultivated fungi
- Production regions in North America
- Production in Europe
- Education and training
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thumb|Variety of mushrooms cultivated for culinary use Fungiculture is the cultivation of fungi such as mushrooms. Cultivating fungi can yield foods (which include mostly mushrooms), medicine, construction materials and other products. A mushroom farm is involved in the business of growing fungi.
The word is also commonly used to refer to the practice of cultivation of fungi by animals such as leafcutter ants, termites, ambrosia beetles, and marsh periwinkles.