Influence of different types of granulated substrate on Cordyceps Militaris mushroom mycelium growth

Abstract

Mushroom mycelium is a biological preparate that is obtained under sterile laboratory conditions and which, in an optimal microclimate, can reproduce the mushrooms from which it originates. Mushroom mycelium is used to inoculate the prepared substrates. This inoculum consists of a supportive material completely colonized by fungal mycelium. The type of support material varies depending on the cultivated mushroom species, although rye is the choice of most mycelium producers. In our experience, we have been looking at how to grow Cordyceps militaris mushroom mycelium on various substrates of cereal grains. The growth was followed for 10 days under laboratory conditions, and the most intense increase wasrecorded on millet grains with an average increase of 1.65 mm/day and the worst growth was recorded in the case of rye with an increase average of 1.05 mm/day.