Information Package / Course Catalogue
Mushroom Mycelium Production
Course Code: ZBB519
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to give knowledge about that seedling material production called as Spawn/Brut used in mushroom propagation

Course Content

Life cycle of mushroom seedling production methods, different media preparation, seedling production in different mushroom species, storage of mycells and seedlings, laboratuary equipmants and their usage will be examined in this the course content.

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Recommended or Required Reading
2.Triloki Nath Kaul, B. L. Dhar, The Biology and Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms, 2007.
3.Paul Stamets, Jeff S. Chilton, The mushroom cultivator: a practical guide to growing mushrooms at home, 1983
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Mushroom life cycle Laboratuvary work
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Introduction of mycellium production laboratuary and using equipment Laboratuary work
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
spor collection methodsdisinfection of mature mushrooms and spor collection preparation
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
mycell production tecniques by sporemyceel production from collected spores
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Mycell production by tissue culturemycell production studies by sowing of mushroom tissues
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Using media in mycell production. Different materials desciptions in medium preparation
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Agar media preparation, mycell sowing (Midterm exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Agar media preparation, mycell sowingDifferent media preparation and mycell sawing
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Contamination sources The observation of contaminated petri dishes
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Seedling mycell production techniques Desciptions of using materials in seedling mycell production
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Sedddling mycell production techniques (Spawn)Seedling preparation by wheat
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Seedling mycell preparation by various cereals Various materials ( rye, millet, sand, sawdust) spawn preparation and inoculation
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
mycell production in liqiud culturethe preparation of liquid media and mycell sowing
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
The storage of seedling mycellsDiscussions about spawn storage methods and storage times
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Lecture - Practice142256
Assignment1112
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination19110
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)147
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
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PÇ-5
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OÇ-1
5
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5
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4
OÇ-2
5
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4
OÇ-3
5
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5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
OÇ-5
5
5
5
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5
5
3
OÇ-6
5
5
5
3
4
5
5
OÇ-7
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
OÇ-8
5
4
4
4
4
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026