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• Agar : a gelatinous colloidal extract of a red alga (as of the genera Gelidium, Gracilaria, and Eucheuma) used especially in culture media or as a gelling and stabilizing agent in foods

: a culture medium containing agar

Agaricus* :* a genus that is the type of the family Agaricaceae, comprises fungi with gills and brown spores, and includes several (as the meadow mushroom) that are edible

B

Basidiomycetes : A group of fungi that reproduce sexually by the exogenous formation of basidiospores from a basidium.

Bear’s Head : Common name for Hericium americanum

C

Casing: a non nutritional layer used in cultivation of certain mushroom species designed to retain desirable microclimate at substrate surface. Usually some combination of peat moss, calcium and/or lime, adjusted to slightly alkaline pH.

Cleanroom: an engineered space, which maintains a very low concentration of airborne particulates. It is well isolated, well-controlled from contamination, and actively cleansed.

Coir

CVG

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Field Capacity : the water-retaining capacity of a soil usually including both the hygroscopic and capillary water of the soil and being expressed as a percentage of the dry weight of the soil.

: in mushroom cultivation, the proper level of hydration for optimal mycelial expansion. (A few drops of water when squeezing a fist full of F.C. substrat)

Fruiting Body : a structure (as of a moss or liverwort) specialized for producing spores

especially : the spore-producing organ of a fungus or slime mold

: sporophore

Fruiting Conditions :

G

Gypsum : a widely distributed mineral consisting of hydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O) that is used especially as a soil amendment. (pH ~7.0) It consists of calcium sulfate (CaSO4) combined with two molecules of water (2H2O) as a hydrate. The chemical name for gypsum is calcium sulfate dihydrate. In mushroom cultivation, gypsum adds Calcium and Sulphur, which are vital to mushroom metabolism, and improves texture and buffers pH of substrates.

H

Hardwood Fuel Pellets (HWFP) : Pelletized hardwood sawdust. Ideally, produced from woodworking waste. ^138ada

I

Injection Port : Used in jars or bags to prevent contamination during inoculation and incubation. Usually silicone or medical grade rubber designed to pass a hypodermic through to inoculate sterilized media

Inoculate : to introduce immunologically active material (such as an antibody or antigen) into especially in order to treat or prevent a disease

: to introduce a microorganism into

: to introduce (something, such as a microorganism) into a suitable situation for growth

Inoculant: Material used for inoculation

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L

Liquid Culture: A liquid nutrient broth, usually with some form of sugar an a source of minerals and/or other nutrients, that serves as a culture medium for mycelium

Liquid Inoculant

Lion’s Mane: Common name for Hericium erinaceus

Mushroom : an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (such as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus

M

Mycelium (pl. Mycelia) : the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus of a fungus and is often submerged in another body (as of soil or organic matter or the tissues of a host)

also : a similar mass of filaments formed by some bacteria (such as streptomyces)

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Pasteurization : The act or process of heating to a temperature of 140-170 F for a specific period of time in order to kill microorganisms that could cause disease, spoilage, or undesired fermentation.

Petri Dish: A shallow circular dish with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria or other microorganisms

R

Reishi: Common name for the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum, sometimes used with other species of Ganoderma.

Rhizomorph: an aggregation of fungal threads intertwining like the strands of a rope that frequently resembles a root and is characteristic of many basidiomycetes (as Armillaria mellea)

S

Spawn : the seed, germ, or source of something

: mycelium especially prepared (as in bricks) for propagating mushrooms (grain, coffee grounds, seed, flour, etc)

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Strain: a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions

Sterilization: The act or operation of making sterile; specifically, the process of freeing from living germs treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.

Substrate: the base on which an organism lives.

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[[Terpenoids in Medicinal Mushrooms_ Structure, Functions, and Health Benefits|Terpenoids]]

Tomentose: covered with densely matted woolly hairs

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