Selection of a Cereal Crop to Obtain a Flammulina Velutipes Mycelium
Nowadays industrial production of basidial fungi has become an integral part of agriculture. Mushrooms are a valuable source of nutrients which are necessary for normal life and human health. High gastronomic qualities of edible mushrooms also influence the growth of demand for mushroom products. Many representatives of fungi play an important role in pharmacology and biotechnology due to their content of biologically active substances with immunomodulatory, antitumor and anticancerogenic effects. For example, the winter mushroom Flammulina velutipes has all the properties described above, so the improvement of its cultivation technology can be called an urgent task of science and industry. The purpose of the scientific work described in this article is the selection of the optimal grain substrate for the cultivation of Flammulina velutipes mycelium. The resulting mycelium should serve as a good sowing crop, create a sufficient number of growth points in the substrate and have a high rate of biomass increase.