• Journal of Mushroom
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• v.5 no.3_4
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• pp.98-102
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• 2007

Tricholoma gigantium, an edible mushroom, belongs to Tricholomataceae of Tricholoma and is distributed at Jeju-Do in Korea. It is also well-known as the medicinal mushroom in Taiwan. The cultivation method using the compost was developed in Korea in 1995. To develop a mass cultivation method and a superior strain, four strains were collected and tested. To establish the optimal cultivation conditions, various examinations were accomplished. Bag cultivation was more effective than box cultivation and the optimal relative humidity was more than 80%. Although the mycelial growth was tested in the substrate supplemented with different additives, such as rice bran and wheat bran, there's no significant difference between them. It suggested that the environmental conditions were more important than the substrate additives for cultivation.