Mushrooms Cardboard

Mushrooms cardboard. Perhaps this name is still foreign to our ears. Cardboard mushroom fungus actually planted by the media of cardboard. This type of fungus that can be planted in the media instead of just the kind of cardboard Volvariella volvacea (straw mushroom), but also other fungi that we usually consume.

Mushroom cultivation in principle no different from conventional cardboard mushroom cultivation, the main media only replaced the cardboard. It is actually easier to understandable because the wood fibers are genuine cardboard mushroom growing medium. The same thing you can do with other media that also contain wood fibers, such as newsprint, and various other types even toilet paper rolls. However, the cardboard material for the fungus grows well and coorugation held together with glue that is very easily digested by the fungus. Channels in the corrugated cardboard to ease the mycelium to break down quickly.

Some of the reasons for choosing cardboard as a medium for growing mushrooms are:

1. It's easy and cheap to find.
2. Humidity can be maintained.
3. Cardboard timber-based products, so a substance that is easy and familiar to many types of mycelium to colonize.
4. The corrugations allow for air exchange. Poor ventilation can prevent the mycelium from the invaders, this is similar to the more subtle substance such as sawdust.
5. Cardboard can be sterilized easily. There are two basic ways to do it. The first is with boiling water, although it can kill almost all bacteria and fungi but the problem is, it also dissolves adhesives, and destroy the structure of the carton. Fortunately, there is a second method using hydrogen peroxide.
6. This allows you to create many seeds mushrooms with little effort.

Moreover, the results indicate better quality compared with conventional media. Cardboard mold of this medium proved to have its own privileges from straw mushrooms grown in other media. Among these are:

A. More Chewy

Some consumers claim to fungal cardboard generated from the media is different from other fungi. Matter of taste is relative, depending on how the processing and spices are used. However, the issue of plasticity appears to be no doubt.

B. Color Over White

Mushrooms whiter color carton media, in contrast with the color of straw mushrooms grow on media that tends to brown. This color is not directly affect the taste, but at least the white fungus that looks more fresh and attractive when served, either in the form of wet or dry. In addition, the fungus is still visible although fresh harvested more than one day.

C. Fragrant Aroma

Another advantage is the smell of musty cardboard mold is more fragrant and less can be directly processed. Unlike the straw media, many people are complaining because typically smell moldy hay. Chemical reactions in the straw is the cause. Therefore, usually the first and threw boiling water boiled to remove the smell of moldy hay.

That's why many people then cardboard mushroom cultivation and more people are looking for.