Company launches mushrooms that can be cultivated in the package

The Cogubras, a company founded in 2013 by BioProcess engineers and biotecnologistas Francisco Vítola and Eduardo Sydney, launches kits with mushrooms that can be cultivated at home. The is composed of small boxes, with a miniborrifador and simple instructions. Just follow the steps indicated and, in a few days, it is possible to pick fresh mushrooms.
"We select carefully the most beautiful and tasty edible varieties for all to admire and enjoy," says Vítola. "In addition, the kit is fun and teaches us a lot about these interesting organisms", complete Sydney.
With the kit, it is possible to cultivate mushrooms even in the living room, or in the kitchen of a small apartment. The species offered, all native to Paraná, são shimeji-black (Pleurotus ostreatus), Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) Brown and salmon mushroom (Pleurotus djamor).
Inside the cardboard box there is a package containing a mixture of organic materials with humidity to 70%. This substrate undergoes a heat treatment to eliminate any possible contamination in the mixture. Is then inserted a pure culture of the mushroom to be produce. The box is sold one step closer to fruition. "When the person takes home, opens a hole in the package and starts to humidify. This signals to the different environmental conditions mushroom that induces to form fruiting ", said Eduardo Sydney. He adds that when instructions are followed properly the mushroom takes a week to 12 days to grow to the point of harvest.