Oyster mushroom mushrooms in Kazakhstan

Cultivation and care of mushrooms Oyster mushroom

Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus

Fruits of an oyster mushroom contain to the 30th usvoyaemy protein on dry weight. It includes 17 various amino acids, including 8 irreplaceable. Decrease in level of lipids in blood provides contained in an oyster mushroom lovastatin which inhibits cholesterol synthesis. The use of an oyster mushroom reduces a high blood pressure, improves digestion.

Oyster mushroom - the most available mushroom for cultivation of the house and in a garden.

The mycelium of an oyster mushroom possesses active enzymes for assimilation of vegetable raw materials. At the expense of the high growth rate of a mycelium the oyster mushroom has competitive advantage before plesenyam. Therefore unlike other mushrooms the oyster mushroom can grow even at not really high-quality heat treatment of a substratum. The Substratny block for cultivation of an oyster mushroom represents the plastic bag which is densely filled by wood sawdust or other plant materials.

It is not difficult to make substratny blocks. It is more difficult to expel high-quality fruit bodies. The oyster mushroom very much loves damp fresh air. Therefore for a vygonka of an oyster mushroom of the house it is necessary to get the ultrasonic humidifier making "cold steam" or fog. In dry air or in damp with the high content of carbon dioxide (under a polyethylene cap) the oyster mushroom does not form high-quality fruits. Therefore in a garden or on a loggia without fan and humidifiers it is possible to receive oyster mushroom fruits only in the fall or in the early spring, and in the summer only in rainy weather.