Biotechnological Applications of Thermophiilic Fungi in Mushroom Compost Preparation

  • Raj Kumar
  • K. R. Aneja
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Abstract

Fungi once thought of as killing or damaging organisms are utilised by man in many ways and their uses are expanding rapidly. The Egyptians and Romans prized mushrooms and there are records of their being eaten in China between 25 BC and AD 220 (Wang, 1985). The use of large fungi or mushrooms as food is quite commonplace, and has traditionally been associated with meats. In Malawi they are regarded as a meat analogue (Morris, 1984). This view was also held by Francis Bacon who, in his Sylva Sylvarum of 1927 described mushrooms as yielding ‘so delicious a meat’. But more recently filamentous fungi have found their way in the industrial development of various kinds of mycoprotein and/or to supplement various substrates. The development of ‘Quorn’, a mycoprotein produced from Fusarium graminearum, is a success story and now festoons the shelves of British supermarkets (Trinci, 1992).

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Wheat Straw Thermophilic Fungus Agaricus Bisporus Mushroom Compost Compost Pile 
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  • Raj Kumar
    • 1
  • K. R. Aneja
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of BotanyKurukshetra UniversityKurukshetraIndia

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