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Contaminants and Diseases in Mushroom Cultivation

Insects, bacteria and even other fungi can attack your mushrooms. In general you need to keep your growing environment clean. In addition, specific pests require specific action. Here is more information:

• Common Contaminants of Mushrooms.
  
  
• Pennsylvania State University Fact Sheets:
  • Bacterial Blotch
  • Green Mold
  • Verticillium Dry Bubble
  • Sciarid Fly
  • Phorid Fly
  • Nematodes
  • Fly and Disease Exclusion
  
  
  
• MushTV Factsheets:
  • Brown Cap Mushroom Virus
  • Chemical Disinfectants
  • Understanding Trichoderma aggressivum in Bulk Phase 3 compost
  • Fungal diseases of mushrooms and their control
  
  
  
• Putative Virus X
  
  
• Brown Center Rot in Shiitake.
  
  
• Chao-Hsuan Chung, Chin-hui Liu and S. S. Tzean in Plant Pathology Bulletin 7:141-146, 1998: Slime molds in edible mushroom cultivation sites
  
  
• Pennsylvania IPM Program: Mushroom Integrated Pest Management
  
  

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