A practical guide to growing mushrooms in IndiaA joint educational initiative by MushroomWale & DMR Solan
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Harvest, handling and sale

Contents · choose a chapter or topic
Start here
  1. 01Harvest, handling and sale
  2. 02What you need before starting
Records that make sense
  1. 03Follow one batch from input to sale
From crop to customer
  1. 04Harvest weight and saleable grade are different
The process
  1. 05Agree maturity and grade
  2. 06Handle without avoidable damage
  3. 07Keep grades and quantities separate
  4. 08Control the handover
Practise and review
  1. 09Mistakes to avoid
  2. 10Trace one container
Sources and next steps
  1. 11Keep learning with the field guides

The process

Practical workbook

Agree maturity and grade

Before picking, establish what the buyer accepts and how that specification is recognised for the chosen cultivated species. Size alone may not describe maturity. Do not use cultivated crop photographs to identify wild mushrooms for food.

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English learning edition · Independent technical review pending. Keyboard: focus the reading page and use ← / →. Page turning does not mark practical competence.