Use of Geothermal Fluids for Cultivation of Shiitake Mushrooms
- Conference
- New Zealand Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 1989
- Language
- English
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Abstract
Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) is one of the edible fungi grown in the Fujian province, China. The mushrooms were able to be grown all year round in soils which were heated by geothermal fluids in greenhouses. The time of cultivationwas less than two months; the mushrooms take eight to eleven months to Three crops were gathered in two and a half months. The yield was 13.5-kg per square meter and was 22.6% more than that produced in a natural climate. The geothermally-heated greenhouses produce a better quality, cheaper product.
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