?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+use+of+composted+woodchip+as+a+substrate+for+growing+varieties+of+edible+mushrooms&rft.creator=Frost%2C+D&rft.creator=Clarke%2C+A&rft.subject=+Composting+and+manuring&rft.description=The+world+market+for+edible+mycorrhizal+mushrooms+has+experienced+considerable+growth+over+the+past+two+decades+with+annual+production+estimated+to+exceed+14+billion+USD.+The+market+continues+to+grow+due+to+interest+in+the+nutritional+and+health+benefits+of+edible+mushrooms.+The+size+of+the+market+for+speciality+mushrooms+has+also+increased+and+the+overall+market+trend+has+been+towards+fresh+rather+than+canned+product.+There+are+a+number+of+different+cultural+methods+in+commercial+use%2C+with+a+wide+variety+of+species+produced+on+different+substrates.+The+aim+of+this+project+was+to+evaluate+woodchip+compost+as+a+substrate+to+produce+edible+mushrooms.+Woodchip+compost+appears+to+have+potential+as+a+growing+medium+but+more+development+is+necessary+to+make+this+a+commercial+proposition.++This+report+sets+out+these+findings+in+more+detail.&rft.date=2006-01&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10864%2F1%2Fwoodchip_mushroom_trial_2004.pdf&rft.identifier=Frost%2C+D+and+Clarke%2C+A+(2006)+The+use+of+composted+woodchip+as+a+substrate+for+growing+varieties+of+edible+mushrooms.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10864%2F