Cultivation of milky white mushroom (Calocybe indica) from agricultural waste paddy straw

Abstract

476 gm of mushrooms were produced from 1kg of paddy straw and 100 gm of spawn, in approximately 52 days. Thus produced mushrooms were analyzed for the macro and micro nutrients (mineral) by taking 100 gm of fresh weight for macro nutrients and dry weight for mineral analysis. High quantity of carbohydrates (6.88 gm %), moderate quantity of protein (1.63gm %), and negligible amount of Lipids (0.22gm %) were found. All these quantities are approximately nearer standard Calocybe indica. Moisture content of fruit body was high enough that is 82.6. Among the studied minerals, phosphorus was found to be high enough (63.6mg/g). The next mineral was calcium that is 4.67mg/g. Among the four studied minerals iron was present in least quantity that is 1.57mg/g.