LIFE CYCLE OF

MUSHROOM

- ANUSHKA SHARMA
ABOUT MUSHROOM

 A mushroom is the reproductive structure

produced by some fungi. Mushroom is grown on
moist humid and dark places; on rotten logs of
wood, tree trunks, soil rich in organic matter ,
dung cakes , decaying organic matter etc. They
are achlorophyllous as they do not contain green
pigment called chlorophyll. They cannot make
their own food. They get food from decomposing
dead and decaying organic matter. So, mushroom
are called saprophytic fungi and their mode of
nutrition is heterotrophic.
Structure of Mushroom
 The fruiting body may contain a
cap, stalk, ring, volva, and gills.
The cap normally houses the
spore producing surface of the
fruiting body. In the case of the
Amanita, the spore-producing
cells are in the gills, but in other
types of mushrooms, spores are
produced in tubes or inside the
cap.
LIFE CYCLE OF MUSHROOM

 The life cycle of a mushroom begins and ends through five stages of evolutionary
phases – beginning as a fungal spore (seeds) and completing its cycle as a mature
fruiting body – the part of a mushroom we all identify and know– that releases
new spores to create a new cycle all over again.
 The mushroom life span varies between fungi species. One complete life cycle
could take one week or up to a month or more.
 As each stage of a mushroom life cycle is completed, the division and creation of
the next generation of the fungal organism begins.
 Basidia
 The basidia is the
microscopic club-shaped
sporangium that are
located on the
hymenophore of the
fruiting bodies of
basidiomycete fungi.
 BASIDIUM
 The organ in the members of the
phylum Basidiomycota that bears
sexually reproduced bodies
called basidiospores. The
basidium serves as the site of
karyogamy and meiosis,
functions by which sex cells
fuse, exchange nuclear material,
and divide to reproduce
basidiospores.
BASIDIOSPORE
 A basidiospore is a reproductive
spore produced by Basidiomycete
fungi, a grouping that includes
mushrooms, shelf fungi, rusts, and
smuts. Basidiospores typically each
contain one haploid nucleus that is
the product of meiosis, and they are
produced by specialized fungal cells
called basidia.
MYCELIUM
 Mycelium is part of the fungi
kingdom and is the network of
threads, called hyphae, from which
mushrooms grow. Not all mycelia
fruit mushrooms, depending on the
environmental conditions, but all
mushrooms come from mycelia.
Mycelia are most prevalent in
fields, forests, and heavily wooded
areas.
BASIDIOCARP
 A large sporophore, or
fruiting body, in which
sexually produced spores
are formed on the surface
of club-shaped structures
(basidia) is called
basidiocarp
IMPORTANCE OF MUSHROOM

Mushroom as source of protein.

Mushroom as source of vitamins.
Mushroom as source of minerals.
Mushroom as medicines.
 MUSHROOM FARMING AND
CULTIVATION IN NEPAL
 In Nepal, mushroom farming is mostly concentrated in the rural areas around
major urban centres such as the Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara, and Narayanghat.
The average national production of mushrooms is about 8 - 10 tonnes per day.
Mushroom farming is concentrated in the rural areas around major urban centres
such as the Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara, and Narayanghat. The average national
production of mushrooms is about 8 - 10 tonnes per day. However, for traditional
mushroom cultivation it is estimated that approximately one kilogram of firewood
is consumed to produce one kilogram of fresh oyster mushroom.
 TYPES OF MUSHROOM
EDIBLE MUSHROOM POISONOUS MUSHROOM
 WHITE BOTTON MUSHROOM  MITRU XATRIKABHUT
 MUSHROOM
OYSTER MUSHROOM
 FLY AGARIC
 SHITAKE MUSHROOM
 KHAIRO DHWASE KATLAE
MUSHROOM
 PRODUCTS MADE BY MUSHROOM
 MUSHROOM SLICES MUSHROOM SOUP

 MUSHROOM PICKLE MUSHROOM KETCHUP

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