Button mushroom is one of the popular agricultural products and it is cultivated in 70 countries. It has been cultivated more than 50 years in Korea because it is applied many Korean dishes as nutritional foods. The screening criterion for qualities of button mushroom is very strict and difficult for passing evaluation in Korea; therefore, the mushroom growers are burdened with difficulty in production and consumption in price as well. In this study, the contents of crude fat, fiber, ash, and protein were analyzed in three different qualities of button mushroom as normal, immature, and developed button mushrooms. The contents of crude fat, fiber, ash, and protein were 0.21% 8.68% 0.79% and 2.22% normal product, 0.23% 8.95% 0.86% and 2.41% in immature product, and 0.22% 7.79% 0.82% and 2.22% in developed product, respectively. There was no significant difference in basic nutritional values among the products. Therefore, it is expected that will be loosened the screen criterion of button mushroom, and the producers of button mushroom will be more economically benefits for production as well as the mushroom consumers are more economically consumption for button mushroom by reasonable price.

The total mushroom production in Korea in 2015 comprised about 200,000 ton with a value of about 700 billion won (one trillion won if mushroom factory products are included, 1 $=1,128 won). This is almost equal to the amounts generated by flowers and medicinal crops. Even though the cultivation area and the number of farms have been decreased since 2006, the scale of the farms is increasing. Also mushroom productivity and consumption (4.9 ㎏ / person in 2015) are steadily increasing. Major cultivated species are Flammulina velutipes, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus eryngii, Lentinula edodes and Agaricus bisporus, which cover 90% of the total production. Shelves, logs, plastic bags or plastic bottles are mostly used for cultivation depending on the kind of mushroom. Mushroom export estimated about 43 million $ in 2016. Major exported mushrooms are Flammulina velutipes, Pleurotus eryngii, Lentinula edodes, Pleurotus ostreatus, Tricholoma matsutake and Agaricus bisporus that are destined for the U.S., the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan and several other countries. Mushroom research in the RDA started in 1967. In the beginning, development of cultivation methods using rice straw was studied together with distribution of improved strains of the button mushroom. The costs of button mushroom production strongly increased due the improving national economy, shortage of workers, increase of wages and the oil crisis in the nation. This caused a weak competitive position for button mushroom export and resulted in reduction of the button mushroom cultivation area. After development of a cotton waste cultivation method for the oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreastus), this mushroom was popularized and mainly studied. Development of automated plastic bottle cultivation systems in the 1990s changed shelf cultivation to mass production. The bottle system was applied to the oyster mushroom but also to F. velutipes and P. eryngii. Mushroom research in the RDA nowadays focuses on analysis of mushroom genetics in combination with development of new mushroom varieties, mushroom physiology and cultivation. Further studied are environmental factors for cultivation, disease control, development and utilization of mushroom substrate resources, post-harvest management and improvement of marketable traits. Finally, the RDA manages the collection, classification, identification and preservation of mushroom resources.

The button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, is one of the major economical crops cultivated in Korea. This mushroom showed the 5th production to 11,493 M/T in 2014. Several fungus are known as the causal agents of diseases of the cultivated button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) and oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). Trichoderma harzianum is the causal agent of green mould disease of commercial mushrooms. Early symptoms were noticed as round, fleshy, brown lesions on mushroom caps. Late symptoms spread on the surface of the casing, and covered entirely fruiting bodies. A Gram-positive bacterium was isolated from mushroom media that markedly showed the antagonistic activity against Trichoderma harzianum, the destructive pathogen of cultivated mushrooms. The CH518 strain was selected as antagonistic bacterium by inhibition zone method and it was identified as Bacillus methylotrophicus by the cultural, morphological and physiological characteristics, and analysis of the 16S rDNA. The isolated bacterium is saprophytic but not parasitic nor pathogenic to cultivation mushroom. The isolated bacterium for Trichoderma harzianum cell, was sufficient for inhibition in vitro. Inoculation of the isolated bacterium prevents the development of bacterial disease in Trichoderma harzianum. Control efficacy of browning disease of strain CH518 treatment was 77.7% on Agaricus bisporus. The optimal culture medium for the antagonistic bacteria growth was determined as follows: 3.0% saccharose, 1.5% Soytone, 1% NH4H2PO4, 10 mM MgSO4, and 2.0% glutamic acid at pH 6.0 at 25°C. The suppressive bacterium may be useful in future for the development of biocontrol system and the construction of genetically modified edible fungi resistant to the disease caused by Trichoderma harzianum.

The oyster mushroom cultivation house typically has multiple layers of growing shelves that cause the disturbance of air circulation inside the mushroom house. Due to this instability in the internal environment, growth distinction occurs according to the area of the growing shelves. It is known that minimal air circulation around the mushroom cap facilitates the metabolism of mushrooms and improves their quality. For the purpose of this study, a CFD analysis FLUENT R16 has been carried out to improve the internal environment uniformity of the oyster mushroom cultivation house. It is found that installing a section of the working passage towards the ceiling is to maintain the internal environment uniformity of the oyster mushroom cultivation house. When all the environment control equipment – including a unit cooler, an inlet fan, an outlet fan, an air circulation fan, and a humidifier – were operated simultaneously, the reported Root Mean Square (RMS) valuation the growing shelves were as follows: velocity 23.86%, temperature 6.08%, and humidity 2.72%. However, when only a unit cooler and an air circulation fan operated, improved RMS values on the growing shelves were reported as follows: velocity 23.54%, temperature 0.51%, and humidity 0.41%. Therefore, in order to maintain the internal environment uniformity of the mushroom cultivation house, it is essential to reduce the overall operating time of the inlet fan, outlet fan, and humidifier, while simultaneously appropriately manage the internal environment by using a unit cooler and an air circulation fan.

This study was conducted to investigate optimum conditions for mass production of ntagonistic microbes Alcaligenes sp. HC12. Alcaligenes sp. HC12 had a potent biological control agent to control browning disease caused by Pseudomonas agarici. Alcaligenes sp. HC12 markedly showed the antagonistic activity against Pseudomonas agarici, the most destructive pathogen of cultivated mushrooms. To define the optimum conditions for the mass production of the Alcaligenes sp. HC12, we have investigated optimum culture conditions and effects of various nutrient source on the bacterial growth. The optimum initial pH and temperature were determined as pH 9.0 and 30o, respectively. The optimal concentration of medium elements for the growth of pathogen inhibitor bacterium(Alcaligenes sp. HC12) was determined as follows: 0.5% dextrine, 1.5% yest extract, 1.0% NaNO3, 0.5% KH2PO4, and 1.5% asparagine.

Button mushroom(Agaricus bisporus) are cultivated on wheat straw or rice straw based compost. In this study different compost formular, sawdust as carbon source and chicken manure as nitrogen source were used for button mushroom cultivation. Two steps of sufficient composting process was required to be successful in the cultivation. 1) the substrates are needed to be mixed periodically under the aerobic condition in the phase I process. 2) the temperature is need to be maintained between 55 and 65? for more than three days in the phase II process. Results showed that button mushroom was possible to grow normally with sawdust based compost. However the mushroom yield was less than that of the conventional compost formular(rice straw or wheat straw). The new compost formular developed from this study may be useful but further research may need to improve button mushroom cultivation more efficiently.

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) producing phenyllactic acid (PLA), which is known as antimicrobial compound, was isolated from button mushroom bed and the isolated LAB was identified to Lactobacillus casei by 16 rRNA gene sequence analysis. Cell-free supernatant (CFS) from L. casei was assessed for both the capability to produce the antimicrobial compound PLA and the antifungal activity against three fungal pathogens (Rhizoctonia solani, Botrytis cinerea, and Collectotricum aculatum). PLA concentration was investigated to be 3.23 mM in CFS when L. casei was grown in MRS broth containing 5 mM phenylpyruvic acid as precursor for 16 h. Antifungal activity demonstrated that all fungal pathogens were sensitive to 5% CFS (v/v) of L. casei with average growth inhibitions ranging from 34.58% to 65.15% (p < 0.005), in which R. solani was the most sensitive to 65.15% and followed by C. aculatum, and B. cinerea. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for commercial PLA was also investigated to show the same trend in the range of 0.35 mg mL-1 (2.11 mM) to 0.7 mg mL-1 (4.21 mM) at pH 4.0. The inhibition ability of CFS against the pathogens were not affected by the heating or protease treatment. However, pH modification in CFS to 6.5 resulted in an extreme reduction in their antifungal activity. These results may indicate that antifungal activities in CFS was caused by acidic compounds like PLA or organic acids rather than protein or peptide molecules.

Bottom mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) is an edible basidiomycete mushroom in Europe and North America. The wheat straw, wheat brain and chicken manure were used for bottom mushroom cultivation. Bottom mushroom substrates for cultivation was collected from bottom mushroom farm in Buyeo. About 16 bacteria were isolated from fresh mushroom substrates on TSA medium. Among of the isolates, isolate 3HS12 possessed high cellulase and mannase activity was selected as a hydrolase-producing bacteria. The isolate 3HS12 was identified as members of the Bacillus subtilis by biochemical characteristics using Bacillus ID kit and VITEK 2 system. Comparative 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis showed that isolate 3HS12 formed a distinct phylogenetic tree within the genus Bacillus and was most closely related to Bacillus subtilis with 16S rDNA gene sequence similarity of 98.8%. On the basis of its physiological properties, biochemical characteristics and phylogenetic distinctiveness, the 3HS12 isolate was assigned to the Bacillus subtilis. The cellulase and mannase activity of Bacillus subtilis 3HS12 was increased according to the bacterial density at 40°C.

The medium used for bottle cultivation of mushrooms is made according to a specific workflow; this includes mixing the raw materials, adjusting the moisture content, placing the mixture into bottles, and sterilizing and cooling the medium. Medium composition should be kept constant throughout the year. placed in the bottle, choice of materials, moisture content, weight of the medium, bulk density, nitrogen content, three-phase medium, such as suitable conditions. To achieve constant medium composition a comprehensive model has been established in accordance with the technology developed in the work process with respect to medium compositions piecemeal. By comprehensively applying the various methods to establish medium composition, our country can expect to grow at over four seasons and overcome the many difficulties in mushroom mycelial growth periods, cultivation periods, quantity, and quality.

This study analyzed population density changes and taxonomic characteristics of various microorganisms, which play important roles in culture medium fermentation of Agaricus bisporus and examined changes in decompositionrelated enzyme activity secreted by these microorganisms. Various microorganisms such as thermophilic bacteria, actinomycetes, fluorescent pseudomonas spp. and filamentous bacteria are closely related to culture medium fermentation of Agaricus bisporus. The population density of these microorganisms changes and harmful bacteria disappear during thermophilic fermentation. During outdoor fermentation, Psychrobacter sp., Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus sp. and Pseudoxanthomonas sp. showed the highest percentage distribution in the different culture medium while Bacillus sp. and Psychrobacillus sp. were the most dominant after pasteurization. When analyzing the enzyme activity of microorganism during rice straw fermentation, cellulose enzymes become important at the early stage of fermentation. Increase in hemicellulose enzyme follows after decomposing carbon sources. The microorganisms that secretes these enzymes were distributed at the second and third turning stage of fermentation.

생육실 내·외부 환경조건과 종균 배양 및 자실체 특성검 정 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 먼저, 종균 배양이 외부 온도의 영향을 받는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 배양실의 환경 조건(22oC, 65-68%, 700-1,200 ppm)을 일 정하게 하여도 외부 기온이 낮고, 건조해지는 1월(동절기) 에는 16-18일 가량 늦은 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 외부 기후에 따라 생육실 내부 환경이 영향을 받 아, 자실체 생장이 느리고 발생 형태가 다른 것을 확인하 였다. 동일한 조건(18±1oC, 85-95%, 700-1,200ppm)을 설 정한 생육실에서 재배한 버섯이 수량(무게), 길이(크기) 모두 1월에 수확한 버섯이 3월에 수확한 버섯에 비해 작 은 수치임을 확인하였고, 경도가 작아 품질 면에서도 양 호하지 못함을 확인하였다. 이는 1월 외부의 영하의 저온 과 60% 이하의 저습에 의해 생육실 내부 환경이 변화하 여 일어난 현상임을 알 수 있었다. 아울러 버섯의 특성은 일정 시일이 지난 후 외부 기후를 보완하여 실내 환경을 조절하여도 개선되지 않음을 확인하였다. 일정 기간이 지 난 후의 조치는 균의 노후화만 진행시켜 색만 변화할 뿐 크기가 커지거나 침이 형성되지 않았다. 그러므로 환경 스트레스를 받지 않도록 미리 예방하는 것이 필요하다. 환기와 생육관리를 위해 생육실 내부 환경이 외부로 노출 될 때, 외부 환경이 영향을 미치지 않도록 에어커튼 혹은 보온 커튼을 덧대어 문제가 발생하지 않도록 해야할 것이다. 특히, 동절기와 같이 외부 기온이 낮고, 습도가 낮은 시기에는 특별히 주의가 필요할 것이다.

This study was conducted to establish replacement the corncob used in winter mushroom bottle cultivation. Corncob is unstable quality in moisture content or total nitrogen(T-N) content. Fruit body yields according to the ratio of cassava stem chips mixing were compared. After treatment-1 and treatment-2, fruit body yields increased by 8.8% and 5.4% and raw material cost decreased by 7% and 19%. The results showed that cassava stem chips could replace 33% to 67% of corncob for winter mushroom bottle cultivation.

Cellulase와 xylanase 분비능이 우수한 부숙촉진 세균을 분리하기 위하여 진주시 집현면 소재의 느타리버섯 재배 농장으로부터 느타리버섯 수확후배지를 수집하였다. 느타 리버섯 수확후배지로부터 19종의 균주를 분리하였으며 이 중 cellulase와 xylanase을 동시에 분비하는 균주를 최 종 선발하여 CA105로 명명하였다. Bacillus ID kit와 VITEK 2 system를 이용하여 분리균 CA105의 생화학적 특성을 조사한 결과에서도 분리균 CA105은 B. subtilis와 유사한 특징을 나타내었으며 16S rRNA 염기서열 분석 결과에서는 B. subtilis와 98.9%의 상동성을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합하여 분리균 CA105은 Bacillus subtilis CA105로 동정되었다. 분리균이 분비하는 cellulase와 xylanase 활성은 분리균이 증식함에 따라 대수 증식기 중반부터 급격히 증가하였고 정지기에 진입하면 효소활성이 더 이상 증가하지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

The button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, is one of the major economical crops cultivated in Korea. This mushroom showed the 5th production to 11,493 M/T in 2014. Several fungus are known as the causal agents of diseases of the cultivated button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) and oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). Cladobotryum mycophilum is the causal agent of cobweb disease of commercial mushrooms. Early symptoms were noticed as round, fleshy, yellowish brown lesions on mushroom caps. Late symptoms progressed when the parasitic fungus formed white cobweb circular colonies on dead or damaged pinheads, spread on the surface of the casing, and covered entirely fruiting bodies. A Gram-positive bacterium was isolated from mushroom media that markedly showed the antagonistic activity against Cladobotryum mycophilum, the most destructive pathogen of cultivated mushrooms. The HC57 strain was selected as antagonistic bacterium by inhibition zone method and it was identified as Bacillus subtilis by the cultural, morphological and physiological characteristics, and analysis of the 16S rDNA. The isolated bacterium is saprophytic but not parasitic nor pathogenic to cultivation mushroom. The isolated bacterium for Cladobotryum mycophilum cell, was sufficient for inhibition in vitro. Inoculation of the isolated bacterium prevents the development of bacterial disease in Cladobotryum mycophilum. Control efficacy of browning disease of strain HC57 treatment was 71% on Agaricus bisporus. The optimal culture medium for the antagonistic bacteria growth was determined as follows: 1.5% Xylose, 2% Soytone, 1% NH4H2PO4, 7 mmol CaCl2, and 0.5% Histidine at pH 6.0 at 25℃. The suppressive bacterium may be useful in future for the development of biocontrol system and the construction of genetically modified edible fungi resistant to the disease caused by Cladobotryum mycophilum.

This study was carried out to investigated optimum additive ratio of barley flour for substitution of rice bran atcultivation of winter mushrooms. Mycerial growth was faster according to increase of barley flour ratio than those of controls, butonly some slow at the addition of 10% barley flour. Yields of fruiting body show the highest to 165.4g/850ml of medium whichare the addition 30% of barley flour and not significant difference of yields up to the addition of 70% barley flour. Diameter ofpileus was the highest at the addition of 30% barley flour. Hardness of pileus and stipes were the highest at the addition of 10%barley flour. The L value of stipes were the hight at the addition of barley flour, but the L value of pileus were decreased at theaddition of barley flour, but there was no significant difference in the a-value and the b-value.

This study was carried out to investigated optimum mixing ratio of Korean cultivation Salvia miltiorrhiza forproduction of functional oyster mushroom. Mycerial growth was slow at addition of Salvia miltiorrhiza, and significant differenceby increase of Salvia miltiorrhiza. Yields of fruiting body show the highest to 139.5g/850ml of medium which are addition 5g/bottle of Salvia miltiorrhiza but rapid decrease by increase of Salvia miltiorrhiza. Diameter of pileus and thick of stipes were higherat addition Salvia miltiorrhiza than those of the controls. Thick of pileus and length of stipes were the highest at addition 30g, and20g and 30g of Salvia miltiorrhiza. The L value of stipes were the highest at addition 20g and 50g of Salvia miltiorrhiza and theL value of pileus were the highest at addition 30g of Salvia miltiorrhiza, but there was no significant difference in the a-value andthe b-value.

‘Nongjin-go’ is a new breed strain of Lentinula edodes, saw-dust bag variety. It is a cross combination of dikaryonLentinula edodes ASI 3305mut and monokaryon L5-16 of L. edodes ASI 3305(Sanjo701ho). We crossbred them by 2011 andverified productive capacity from 2012 to 2013 in Rural Development Administration. Optimum temperature of mycelial growthis 30oC and it of fruit-body primodium formation is range from 15 to 23oC. Nongjigo is agricultured at mid-high temperaturewell. Fruiting body is platy-hemisphere, light brown and centralizing. And bast is formed around edge of pileus. Yield productionsper period is regular than ‘Sanjo701’. Plastic bag culture medium is 1.5 kilogram and culture periods are 90~100 days. As itsbrowning of pileus in culture is a little slow, Light and ventilation is needed a lot in light-culturing. Humidity is controlled properlyfor its color in fruit-body growing. Tested culture medium is consisted of 80% Oak-Tree saw-dust and 20% rice-bran.

버섯 세균갈성색무늬병원균인 Pseudomonas tolaasii에 대한 길항미생물로 보고된 Pseudomonas azotoformans HC5 균주의 배양적 특성과 대량 배양을 위한 최적배양조건을 설정하였다. HC5 균주의 생육온도는 10~20oC, pH는 6.0~9.0의 범위에서 왕성한 생육을 보였다. 대량배양을 위한 효율적인 영양원 선발을 위하여 기본배지에 탄소원 fructose 등 18종, 무기질소원 NH4Cl 등 6종, 유기질소원 peptone 등 6종 그리고 아미노산 asparagine 등 11종을 각각 1%씩 첨가하였고, 무기염류 13종을 1 mM 농도로 첨가하여 각각에 대한 생육에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 또한 선발된 각각의 영양성분들에 대한 최적 농도를 조사하기 위하여 각각의 성분을 최소 0.1%에서 최대 4.0%까지 배지에 첨가하여 배양 후 생육정도를 조사하였다. 그 결과, 대량배양을 위한 생육최적조건은 온도 15oC, pH 6, 탄소원 0.6% adonitol, 유기질소원 1.5% yeast extract, 무기질소원 0.8% NH4H2PO4,아미노산 0.2% asparagine 그리고 무기염류는 5 mM MgSO4에서 왕성한 생육을 보였다.

양송이의 품종 및 재배온도에 따른 주기별 자실체 내의 당성분의 함량변화를 확인하기 위하여 HPLC로 분석한 결과. 재배온도 중에서 가장 높은 총 아미노산 함량을 보 이는 것은 19 o C 처리로 공시품종 모두 동일한 결과를 보 였다. 103호 품종은 다른 품종에 비하여 총아미노산과 아 미노산 종류별 함량도 품종 중에서 가장 낮은 것이 확인 되었다. 아미노산 종류에서는 cysteine 함량이 가장 높으 며, 그 다음으로는 phenylalanine, glutamic acid, lysine, proline, histidine 등이 높았다. 기존성적에서 연구자별로 차이가 큰 것은 재배온도와 품종의 차이에 의해 발생 가 능한 것이라고 추정된다.

수집한 46개의 균주를 배양하여 rDNA의 ITS 염기서열 분석으로 유전적 계통분류 한 결과, Heiricum속이 아닌 균 주가 2균주가 있었음을 확인하였다. 본 결과를 바탕으로 효능이 있는 것으로 밝혀진 H.erinaceus와 가까운 유연관 계를 지니는 종들을 위주로 계통별로 균사 생장실험, 자실 체 발생조사 등을 연구할 예정이다. 또한 H.erinaceus은 아니지만, 생리활성효능이 뛰어난 종의 유무를 테스트하여 기존의 품종보다 효능 면에서 뛰어난 균주를 선발 교잡할 예정이다. 이와 같은 연구를 통해 우수품종을 선발하여 최 적 환경조건 테스트까지 거친다면 노루궁뎅이 버섯 소비 시장 구축에 도움이 되리라 생각된다.