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A. bisporus mushrooms are 92% water, 3% carbohydrates, 3% protein, and contain negligible fat (table). In a reference amount of 100 g (3.5 oz), raw white mushrooms provide 93 kilojoules (22 kilocalories) of food energy and are an excellent source (20% or more of the Daily Value , DV) of the B vitamins riboflavin , niacin , and pantothenic acid ...
Indoor tray growing is the most common commercial technique, followed by containerized growing. The tray technique provides the advantages of scalability and easier harvesting. There are a series of stages in the farming of the most widely used commercial mushroom species Agaricus bisporus. These are composting, fertilizing, spawning, casing ...
The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence, the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem , a cap , and gills (lamellae, sing. lamella) on the underside of the cap.
Agaricus is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi containing both edible and poisonous species, with over 400 members worldwide [2] [3] and possibly again as many disputed or newly-discovered species. The genus includes the common ("button") mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) and the field mushroom (A. campestris), the dominant cultivated mushrooms of ...
Pollock wrote a book on Magic Mushroom Cultivation in 1977. It contained his research on several ways to cultivate magic mushrooms, [8] including the method of cultivation in brown rice that was later demonstrated to produce mushrooms of high psilocybin content. [3]: 6
The common "button mushroom", Agaricus bisporus, is the most widely cultivated edible mushroom. Agaricus blazei is a well-known medicinal mushroom used for a number of therapeutic and medicinal purposes. [11] [12] Several species are poisonous, such as some Lepiota, Agaricus sect. Xanthodermatei and Chlorophyllum species . [8]
A. bisporus, also known as the common button mushroom, is of particular socio-economic importance in developed countries. [4] Agaritine content varies between individual mushrooms and across species. [2] Agaritine content (% fresh weight) in raw Agaricus bisporus, for example, ranges from 0.033% to 0.173%, with an average of 0.088%. [5]
Agaricus bisporus, or the cultivated mushroom, is the primary victim of brown blotch disease. [1] The most common symptom of brown blotch disease in A. bisporus is the formation of round lesions on the cap and stalk of the mushroom. [2]