KB WHITE BUTTON MUSHROOMS ( Milky White Mushroom )

Mushrooms are one of the richest in protein content amongst the vegetables (3.5 - 4 percent protein content on fresh weight basis), and are valued for the highest content of folic acid required for healthy blood development in human beings. Mushrooms have a high content of fibre and potassium which are useful for lowering blood cholesterol level and control of high blood pressure respectively. Mushrooms above all, are excellent addition to the menu of vegetarians and are now being cultivated at hills and in tropical areas of India under controlled environment successfully. Mushroom cultivation is especially high on the priority list for export which can earn valuable foreign exchange for the country. It is more profitable and economic to grow mushrooms in areas with abundant raw materials and cheap labour, as it is no more economical to grow mushrooms in highly industrialized countries because of high cost of raw materials and Labour.

The entire infrastructure will be built at one place, and the site selected is nearer to the main road necessary for operational convenience. The composting unit is to be built closer to the main road and the bulk chambers will be built on the distant end of the composting yard for reasons of hygiene. The growing rooms should be built on the spawning end of the bulk chamber and away from the composting yard. The spawn production laboratory will be built in the ground floors. In this report details of the following will be given with structural design: of mushrooms, irrespective of external environmental conditions prevailing.

i) Composting yard consisting of phase-I chambers, bulk chamber / pasteurization chambers, composting platform and casing pasteurization chambers,

ii) Four environments controlled cropping rooms for raising of crop.

iii) Canning unit

iv) Spawn Laboratory

v) Training centre for “Mushroom Production Technology”