Mycogone or wet bubble is making its appearance again on many farms. Growers are looking for all different chemical solutions and are gearing up hygiene measures. Most of the times too late. Because chemicals also do a lot of damage to the crop and the schedule often is simply too short to give the right effect.
And as for gearing up hygienic measures, one real big grower once said to me:
If I have no disease I am really worried because nobody is paying attention anymore to hygiene. If on the other hand I dó have a disease everyone is doing what the can.
For Mycogone it is important to look at the origin and take that away. It is a fungus growing in soil, sand or rotting materials. That is why many growers point at the casing soil. Not really correct because it does not grow in deep dug peat because the ph is too low. But casing soil polluted with sand will be infected so it is better to look at transport, the act of casing the room and the circumstances around that.
The spores of Mycogone are not airborne by themselves. The need a vector of taxi. In most of the cases this is dust, animals, people or insects. Especially dust is a factor that is hard to control.
The moving of soil in the vicinity of the room that you are filling is a guarantee for infection. So is the harvesting of agricultural crops near the farm if the wind is blowing the dust to your farm.
So keeping the room that you are filling and the casing soil out of the wind to avoid dust is already a good thing. So is cleaning of the trucks before they enter the filling area. And flushing with plenty of water may be more effective than using a disinfectant.
At the same time keep the whole area wet so dust cannot fly around.
For growers who use casing soil in plastic bags, do not bring them into the room or wash them before use. Plastic is electro static and attracts dust.
It is a myth by the way that Mycogone comes in with the compost. It cannot grow in phase 3 compost.
The following point is people. If the filling team walks through grass or sand during filling, again that is a major failure. So is not wearing clean clothes at the moment of filing. Also do not let the filing team have their coffee break in the same canteen used by the pickers. When they return to the job they may be covered in spores.
A thing harder to control is insects. If you have an infection of sciarids or phorids on the farm an outbreak of bubble is likely to happen. But one of the next blogs will be about these creatures.
One general remark: keep the farm and the vicinity clean at all times. Free from rests of casing and compost but also free from paper, cardboard and other mess. This will help to fight all types of disease.

On August 13, there is a harvest scene in Dongfeng Nature Mushroom Cooperative located in Datian County, Sanming City, Fujian Province of China, farmers are busy with picking, drying and marketing work of Russula mushroom.
“Sanming City is known as the main production area of Russula in Fujian Province, and Russula mushrooms are at big sales and high price. In 2020, Russula mushrooms cultivated in our cooperative reaches the high retail price of 4000 CNY per kg,” said chairman of Dongfeng Cooperative warmly, going on that the cooperative absorbs 136 members, depending on Russula mushroom cultivation, they can generate the per capita incomes of over 19,000 CNY.
Russula is a kind of rare medicinal mushroom which gains popularity in domestic and oversea markets for its attractive appearance, tender flavor, high nutrition value and other merits. In China, Russula Vinosa are widely distributed in Sichuan Province, Shanxi Province, Fujian Province, Yunnan Province and other major regions.

On August 4, in mushroom base located in Buyunshan Village, Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province of China, Wood ear mushrooms are showing good growth trend, growers are busy with picking, sorting and drying work.

“Now, i cultivate Wood ear mushroom in 5-6 mu of area, each nutrient bag costs 2.5 CNY or so, and gains at least 1 CNY of net profits, plus with the government’s subsidy, we can harvest handsome benefits,” introduces Mr. Liu Chengfeng excitedly, adding that now, 1 million bags of Wood ear mushrooms cultivated in Buyunshan Village are in fruiting phase, and the time of picking is estimated to finish by October.

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Now, in Wangyan Mushroom Base located in Sanfeng Town, Pengxi County, Sichuan Province of China, Reishi mushrooms are in desirable growth trend, farmers are busy with picking, airing and packing work with smiles hanging in the faces.

“This year, i input 400,000 CNY for the development of Reishi mushroom industry, to estimate by the present situation, 8 tons of dried Reishi mushrooms could be processed, the expected incomes could total 600,000 CNY, after getting rid of costs, 200,000 CNY of net profits could be netted,” introduces Ms. Wang Yan, person in charge of the base warmly, going on that next step, she plans to launch into deep processing industry and bring about a series of products such as Reishi Mushroom Powder and Reishi Mushroom Slices for consumers.

On July 24, in industrialized production workshop managed by Qingdao Fengke Biotechnology Co., LTD, workers are orderly engaged with picking work of White beech mushroom, Brown Shimeji mushroom and other varieties to meet the demand of oversea markets.

“We produce mushrooms relying on vertical and industrialized technology. Now, we daily output over 40 tons of mushrooms, products are sold well to Europe and America, Southeast Asia, Middle East and other countries and regions,” introduces person in charge of Fengke Company with enthusiasm.