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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A mushroom producer in Hungary with pleurotus is using biogas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Randy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anand Karve<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 17, 2012 1:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digestion] Growing Mushrooms from digestate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The effluent slurry contains lignin, which is food for many mushrooms. You may have to add some fertilizer chemicals to the slurry. Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus sojar kaju is a good edible mushroom which would grow on substrate containing lignin.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yours<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A.D.Karve<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Wayne Zschech <<a href="mailto:waynezschech@calvarychapel.com">waynezschech@calvarychapel.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>G'day all!<br><br>I'm looking for information (and experience) on growing edible mushrooms using anaerobic digestate. I'm trying to get the most out of processing of waste organics. <br>I've grown button mushrooms but have read that the digestate isn't good for growing them. Maybe there are other types of mushrooms that can be grown. We will have straw and other farm residues available to us. Also if I can use dry digestion I get to keep nutrients in the digestate that would normally be in the liquor. Can anyone point me in the right direction? <br>Blessings,<br><span style='color:#888888'>Wayne</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Digestion mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:Digestion@bioenergylists.org">Digestion@bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more information about digestion, see<br>Beginner's Guide to Biogas<br><a href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/" target="_blank">http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/</a><br>and the Biogas Wiki <a href="http://biogas.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">http://biogas.wikispaces.com/</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>***<br>Dr. A.D. Karve<br>Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>