AMAIZING MUSHROOM FROM MAZIMBU RESEARCH CENTER

                      MAZIMBU MUSHROOM CENTER 

Introduction

Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of macrofungi. They include both edible/medicinal and poisonous species. However, originally, the word “mushroom” was used for the edible members of macrofungi and “toadstools” for poisonous ones of the “gill” macrofungi. Scientifically the term “toadstool” has no meaning at all and it has been proposed that the term is dropped altogether in order to avoid confusion and the terms edible, medicinal and poisonous mushrooms are used.

On February 2016 we made a visit to the Mazimbu mushroom center to see the production mushroom from the early stage up to the end.

Picture taken from Mazimbu Mushroom research center.

Mushrooms

Mushroom are very nutritious products that can be generated from ligncellulosic waste

Materials; and are in rich in crude fibre and prote in. In fact, mushrooms also contain low fat, low calories and good vitamins. In addition, many mushrooms possess multi-functional medicinal properties

Picture taken from Mazimbu mushroom research center which shows the mushroom production

 Process of Mushroom production

Mushroom cultivation technology is friendly to the environment. The production of edible and medicinal mushrooms utilising, for example, paddy straw, cotton wastes, coffee waste, water hyacinth, tree saw dust, sugar cane bagasse, wild grasses and various categories of refuse and lignocellulosic wastes, could readily be adopted in

Picture   taken from Mazimbu mushroom center which shows the paddy straw which is used as raw material for mushroom production

This section provides an overview of mushroom cultivation and mushroom production. Detailed information on mushroom cultivation technology

Room in which the production process takes place  and here mushroom shows the early stage after been planted

Importance of Mazimbu Mushroom production

This projects it providing initial skills for cottage level mushroom production. Later, large scale development can be expected to lead to the establishment of commercial mushroom farms, and international marketing ventures. 

Picture taken from Mazimbu mushroom research center shows one of the client get some information on how to produce mushroom

Other importance

• Generation of  relatively cheap source of high quality food  protein 
• The provision of health-enhancing dietary supplements/ mushroom nutriceuticals 
• the bioconversion/bioremediation  of environmental adulterants and maintenance of balanced ecosystem  

 Conclusion

Generally mushroom cultivation technology is friendly to the environment and mushroom  is very nutritious products. Also Mushroom mycelia can produce a group of complex extracellular enzymes which can degrade and utilize the lignocellulosic wastes in order to reduce pollution. It is our calling to the fellow youth to adopt this technology.

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