Calocybe indica, commonly known as the milky white mushroom, is a species of edible mushroom native to India
Scientific classification
Kingdom : Fungi
Division : Basidiomycota
Class : Agaricomycetes
Order : Agaricales
Family : Lyophyllaceae
Genus : Calocybe
Species : Calocybe indica {Binomial name}
Milky mushrooms are native to northeastern India and were initially only found in the wild. Some evidence of early cultivation in West Bengal in the 1970s has been found, but it wasn’t until the late 1990s that the mushroom was rediscovered by Dr. Akkanna Subbiah Krishnamoorthy of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and was commercially cultivated. Today Milky mushrooms are predominately found in local markets in India, but they can also be found in tropical regions of China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
There is the first indigenous mushrooms to be commercialized in the country mushrooms white in color gills and stalks white mushrooms are large with long thick fibrous stalk it can be grown on pasteurized or sterilized wheat are paddy straw
Optimum temperature requirement for spawn running to be 30-degree centigrade – the spawn running period is 18 to 21 days casing essentially for fructification cropping requires an optimum temperature of 35-38 degree centigrade, Humidity 85 to 100% diffuse lights and ventilation
Milky mushrooms can be harvested in two flushes after which the entire cycle is repeated, the total cultivation cycle of 45-50 days. biological Efficiency potential of 50-100%, and a shelf life of 7 to 10 days at room temperature it can be marketed as fresh and dry or as powder and pickles.
Spent mushroom substrate (SMS) can be used as an excellent organic manure or for vermi composting it is an excellent bio edible mushrooms waste high in fiber.
HEALTH BENEFITS
• Lowers bad cholesterol levels
• Prevent arthritis & osteoporosis
• Prevent anemia
• Protects hair, teeth & nails
• Lowers blood pressure
• Regulates insulin levels in the body
• Protects against cancer
• Boosts bone mineral density.
