The present gallery illustrates me and my father's creation on mushroom ornaments. Here, we have used tough and leathery mushrooms of class Basidiomycetes for decorating purposes . Let all of you should enjoy this section. Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) as a Banyan tree Photo © Dr. Siddhant Oys Mushrooms in shell-centerpiece Photo © Dr. Siddhant Oys Mushroom as a flowering plant Photo © Dr. Siddhant Oys Polypore fungus wall hanging showpiece Photo © Dr. Siddhant Oys ...
Monday, 28 May 2012
Monday, 14 May 2012
Waste paper: An alternative substrate for growing oyster mushrooms
Most of the edible fungi are saprophyte in nature. They utilize lignocellulosic complex as an energy source and for making their carbon skeleton. The oyster mushroom has strong enzyme profile that breakdown these complex organic macromolecule to simple form and help them to grow on a wide range of agricultural waste like cereal and millet waste, pulses and oil crop waste, vegetable and fruit waste, cotton and palm waste, sugar crop waste and wood and wood by-products etc. These agro-wastes are scarce in the big cities, the...
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Bottle culture: A novel tool of mushroom cultivation in flatlets
Malnutrition in terms of deficiency of protein and micronutrients is not only a problem for the small towns. Many children in metro-cities are also under-nourished despite of taking fullest capacity of meal. In severe cases, it resulted higher incidence of disease, delayed mental development and even growth retardation. The nutritive value makes oyster mushrooms an ideal and balanced food for aforesaid children which can fulfill their minimum nutritional requirements. The mushrooms are not only good source of dietary fibre, protein, vitamins and minerals but also have some medicinal values. In addition, they have unique colour,...
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