Milky Mushroom Spawn

Milky mushroom (Calocybe indica) can be grown on wide range of substrates as in case of oyster mushroom. It can be grown on substrates containing lignin, cellulose and hemicelluloses. Substrate should be fresh and dry. Substrates exposed to rain or harvested premature (green color) are prone to various moulds which may result in failure of the crop. It can be grown on straw of paddy, wheat, ragi, maizebajracotton stalks and leaves, sugarcane bagasse, cotton and jute wastes, dehulled maize cobs, teacoffee waste etc., However cereal straw (paddywheat) easily available in abundance, is being widely used.