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Mushroom is a modified form of fungi. In spawn production process, a mushroom culture is placed on a pre-sterilized grain and it grows on the grain. The mixture of mycelium and grain is called a spawn. Mushrooms are of high nutritive value. There are more than 2000 edible mushroom species; however, few species come under large-scale production. This chapter provides a detailed information about the various phases of spawn production, especially the cultivation of oyster mushroom spawn cultivation, provided an overview about spawn cultivation laboratory and cost-benefit analysis of large-scale production includes the details about infrastructure, equipment, chemicals, and labour charge of mushroom spawn production.
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Guttha, V., Somasundaram, R., Sankaranarayanan, A. (2023). Large-Scale Production and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mushroom Spawn. In: Amaresan, N., Dharumadurai, D., Babalola, O.O. (eds) Food Microbiology Based Entrepreneurship. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5041-4_2
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