Patent ID: 9394512
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: C12N

Claim Text:
1. A method of growing basidiomycete mycelium comprising the steps of providing a substrate comprised of non-nutritional material, nutritional particles and nutrient capable of promoting the growth and differentiation of basidiomycete mycelium without supporting the production of a basidiocarp; adding water to said substrate; inoculating the substrate with a vegetative mycelium; and thereafter incubating the inoculated substrate in a first incubation period at a temperature between 24 and 30° C., an operating relative humidity of 80 to 100% while allowing carbon dioxide levels to build over the course of incubation to in excess of 5000 ppm and for a period of time sufficient to obtain full colonization of said mycelium within said substrate while minimizing exposure of the inoculated substrate to light to prevent the producing of a basidiocarp.