The Shroomery Mushroom Glossary
This glossary is to serve as a reference for both beginners and the advanced. Please e-mail us if you have any definitions that you feel should be added here.
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CaCl2 | Calcium Chloride(Brand names: Damp-Rid, Damp-Gone, Damp B Gone, Damp Away..) Used as Desiccant. |
CaCO3 | Calcium carbonate, a Casing ingredient. |
Calcium carbonate | CaCO3, a Casing ingredient, contained in Limestone. |
Cap | The top part of a mushroom. Often conical or saucer-shaped, at least in the varieties generally discussed round here. |
Carbon Dioxide | A colorless, odorless, incombustible gas, CO2. Formed during respiration, combustion, and organic decomposition. |
Carpophore(s) | Commonly known as "Mushrooms", the reproductive organs of the true body of the Fungus, formed by the web of Mycelium that colonize a Substrate. |
Casing | Some mushrooms need a covering layer of soil with a specific microflora for Fruiting. Casing materials include Peat, coco Coir and Vermiculite with addition of Limestone and crushed oystershells |
CaSO4 | Gypsum |
Cellulose | Glucose polysaccharide that is the main component of plant cell walls. Most abundant polysaccharide on earth. |
Clone | A population of individuals all derived asexually from the same single parent. In mushroom cultivation placing a piece of mushroom tissue on Agar medium in order to obtain growing Mycelium is called cloning. |
CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
Cobweb Mold | Common name for Dactylium, a mold that is commonly seen on the Casing soil or parisitizing the mushroom. It is cobweb-like in appearance and first shows up in small scattered patches and then quickly runs over the entire surface of the Casing soil. |
Coir | Coco coir. A short coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut. Used as a Casing ingredient. Brand names include Bed-A-Beast . |
Colonization | The period of the mushroom cultivation starting at Inoculation during which the Mycelium grows through the Substrate until it is totally permeated and overgrown. |
Compost | The fermented (or fermenting) Substrate. The reason for composting Substrate in mushroom cultivation is to make it more selective for the desired mushroom |
Coniferous | Pertaining to Conifers, which bear woody cones containing naked seeds. |
Contamination | Undesired foreign organisms(contaminants) in a growing medium. Often ocurring due to insufficient sterilisation or improper sterile technique. |
Cottony | Having a loose and coarse texture. Referred to a growth pattern of some fungi Species or strains. |
Culture | Mushroom Mycelium growing on a culture medium. |
Culture medium | Micro organisms differ in their nutritional needs. A large number of different growth media have been developed, PD(Y)A(potato dextrose(yeast extract) agar) and MEA (malt extract agar) can be used for most cultivated mushrooms |