Method for growing fruit body of Fistulina hepatica
AssigneeHouse Foods Corporation
InventorsRyuichi Hattori, Hisashi Tanaka
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method for growing fruit bodies of Fistulina hepatica which comprises the steps of cutting off some parts of side wall of a cultivation vessel close to the fruit body primordium-forming part on a solid medium contained in the vessel having at least the bottom and side walls to form perforations on the wall, and making the fruit bodies to grow out of the vessel through the perforations. By this method, the large mature fruit bodies can be efficiently obtained in a short period of time.
Claims13
A method of forming fruit bodies of Fistulina hepatica, which comprises:
- a) filling a cultivation vessel having at least one side wall with a solid medium;
- b) sterilizing said medium;
- c) inoculating said sterilized medium with inocula of Fistulina hepatica;
- d) allowing a spawn of said inocula to run through the medium;
- e) inducing said spawn to form fruit body primordia;
- and,
- f. exposing said fruit body primordia, to allow said fruit bodies to develop.
In a method for growing forest mushrooms, the improvement which comprises:
- a) selecting a variety of Fistulina hepatica to be cultured;
- b) after spawn has been allowed to run and induction has been performed, identifying fruit body primordia on the surface of the medium;
- c) forming an opening in the cultivation vessel over at least one primordium;
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- d) allowing fruit bodies of Fistulina hepatica to form through the formed opening.
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