Indica is cultivated commercially in southern India and becoming more popular in China, Malaysia, and Singapore; it can be grown in hot humid (60% to 70%) countries with a temperature range of 25 to 35 °C year-round, It undergoes the two phases dark phase and the light phase where in dark phase the mycelium development will takes place and in the light phase the pin heads start growing. The entire process will take 45 days to get the complete milkywhite mushroom
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lyophyllaceae
Genus: Calocybe
Species: Calocybe indica
Growing conditions:
Phase 1: Mycelium growth
Temperature: 30 - 35 °C
Humidity: 80 - 90 %
Duration: 24 - 28 days CO2: >5,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 1 per hour Light: n/a
Phase 2: Primorday formation / Fruiting initiation
Temperature: 25 - 30 (27) °C
Humidity: 95 - 100%
Duration: 3 - 5 days CO2: 400-800 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 5 - 7 per hour
Light: 1,000 - 1,500 (2,000) lux
Phase 3: Fruiting and Harvest
Temperature: 35 - 38°C
Humidity: 95 %
Duration: 3 - 5 Days CO2: 400-800 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 5 - 7 per hour
Light: 1,000 - 1,500 (2,000) lux
Cropping cycle: Every 7 - 10 days for three flushes
longer Shelf life than Grain Spawn (3 months)
Higher yield per quantity of seed
Saurabh Kumar